Translation of "miser" to French

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Dictionary translations for "miser"

miser [ˈmaɪzə] noun

pl. misers

l' avare m

It is true he is rich, but he is a miser.

C'est vrai qu'il est riche, mais il est avare.

Contexts with "miser"

It is true he is rich, but he is a miser. C'est vrai qu'il est riche, mais il est avare.

Late in life the miser learned to be generous with money. À la fin de sa vie l'avare apprit à être généreux.

A miser hoards money not because he is prudent but because he is greedy. Un avare amasse de l'argent non pas parce qu'il est prudent mais parce qu'il est avide.

My neighbor is a penny-pinching old miser who won't even give you the time of day. Mon voisin est un vieil avare grippe-sou qui ne te donnerait même pas l'heure qu'il est.

What a miser you are! Quel radin tu fais !

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