suffisant
See also: süffisant
English edit
Adjective edit
suffisant (comparative more suffisant, superlative most suffisant)
- Obsolete form of sufficient.
- 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
- My grace is suffisant to thee, for vertue is fulfilled in sicknes
References edit
- “suffisant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
suffisant (feminine suffisante, masculine plural suffisants, feminine plural suffisantes)
- sufficient; enough
- Antonym: insuffisant
- largement suffisant, amplement suffisant ― more than enough
- smug, vain, self-righteous
Derived terms edit
Participle edit
suffisant
Further reading edit
- “suffisant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.