suffisant

See also: süffisant

English

Adjective

suffisant (comparative more suffisant, superlative most suffisant)

1. 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

• “suffisant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

From suffire +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.fi.zɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Adjective

suffisant (feminine suffisante, masculine plural suffisants, feminine plural suffisantes)

1. sufficient; enough

   Antonym: insuffisant

   largement suffisant, amplement suffisant ― more than enough

2. smug, vain, self-righteous

Derived terms

• condition suffisante
• insuffisant
• suffisamment
• suffisance

Participle

suffisant

1. present participle of suffire

Further reading

• “suffisant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.