niggard

n.
A stingy, grasping person; a miser.

adj.
Stingy; miserly.

[Middle English nigard, perhaps from nig, stingy person, of Scandinavian origin.]

noun

A stingy person: miser, Scrooge, skinflint. Informal penny pincher. Slang cheapskate, stiff, tightwad. See give/take/reciprocity.

adjective

Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close-fisted, costive, hard-fisted, mean², miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penny-pinching, penurious, petty, pinching, stingy, tight, tightfisted. See give/take/reciprocity.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
  Synonyms: skinflint, scrooge, churl

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - gnier
adj. - gerrig

Nederlands (Dutch)
gierigaard

Français (French)
n. - avare
adj. - avare, mesquin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geizhals
adj. - geizig

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φιλάργυρος, τσιφούτης
adj. - φιλάργυρος, τσιγκούνης, σφιχτοχέρης

Italiano (Italian)
spilorcio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - avaro (m)
adj. - avaro

Русский (Russian)
скупердяй

Español (Spanish)
n. - tacaño, avaro
adj. - tacaño, avaro

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snåljåp, girigbuk
adj. - snål, njugg, girig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
吝啬鬼, 小气的, 吝啬的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 吝嗇鬼
adj. - 小氣的, 吝嗇的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 구두쇠
adj. - 인색한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - けちんぼ, けち
adj. - けちな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) بخيل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮קמצן, אדם רע‬
adj. - ‮קמצן‬

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