enough

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English

Alternative forms

• enow
• aneuch, eneuch, eneugh (Scotland)

Etymology

From Middle English ynough, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ǥanaxa 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe 'he has reached, attained', perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic 'he arrived', Latin nancisci 'to get', Lithuanian nèšti 'to carry', Albanian kënaq 'to please, statisfy', Ancient Greek ἐνεγκεῖν (enenkein, “to carry”).).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈnʌf/, X-SAMPA: /I"nVf/

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• Rhymes: -ʌf
• Hyphenation: e‧nough

Determiner

enough

1. sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate

   I've already had enough coffee today.

   Are you man enough to fight me?

Translations

sufficient

• Arabic: ‏كاف (ar) (kaaf), كفى (ar) (kafaa)
• Bulgarian: достатъчно (bg) (dostatǎčno)
• Catalan: prou, suficient
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夠 (cmn), 够 (cmn) (gòu), 足夠 (cmn), 足够 (cmn) (zúgòu), 充足 (cmn) (chōngzú), 足 (cmn) (zú)

• Czech: dost (cs)
• Danish: nok (da)
• Dutch: genoeg (nl), voldoende (nl)
• Esperanto: sufiĉa (eo)
• Ewe: nyo
• Finnish: tarpeeksi (fi), riittävästi (fi), kylliksi (fi), kyllin (fi)
• French: assez (fr)
• German: genug (de)
• Greek: αρκετός (el) (arketós)
• Guernésiais: assaïz
• Hebrew: מספיק (he) (maspík), די (he) (dái)
• Hungarian: elég (hu)
• Italian: abbastanza (it)
• Japanese: 十分 (ja) (じゅうぶん, jūbun), 充分 (ja) (じゅうぶん, jūbun), 足りる (ja) (たりる, tariru)

• Latin: satis (la)
• Latvian: gana (lv)
• Lojban: rau (jbo)
• Macedonian: доста (mk) (dósta), доволно (mk) (dóvolno)
• Norwegian: nok (no), tilstrekkelig (no), fyllestgjørende (no)
• Novial: sati
• Polish: dość (pl), wystarczająco (pl)
• Portuguese: bastante (pt), suficiente (pt)
• Romanian: destul (ro)
• Russian: достаточно (dostátočno, + gen.), довольно (ru) (dovól’no)
• Serbo-Croatian: довољно (sh) (dovoljno)
• Spanish: bastante (es)
• Swahili: basi (sw)
• Swedish: tillräckligt (sv)
• Tok Pisin: inap (tpi)
• Turkish: yeterli
• Vietnamese: đủ (vi)
• West Frisian: genôch (fy)

Adverb

enough

1. sufficiently

   I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.

Usage notes

• As an adverb, enough always follows the verb it qualifies.

Translations

sufficiently

• Albanian: mjaft (sq)
• Arabic: تمامًا (ar) (tamāman)
• Breton: a-walc'h
• Bulgarian: достатъчно (bg) (dostatǎčno)
• Catalan: suficientment, prou
• Chamicuro: ma'sha
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 足夠 (cmn), 足够 (cmn) (zúgòu), 夠 (cmn), 够 (cmn) (gòu), 充足 (cmn) (chōngzú)

• Czech: dost (cs)
• Dutch: genoeg (nl)
• Esperanto: sufiĉe (eo)
• Finnish: tarpeeksi (fi), kyllin (fi), riittävän (fi)
• French: suffisamment (fr), assez (fr)
• German: genug (de)
• Greek: αρκετά (el) (arketá){arketa), επαρκώς (el) (eparkós) (eparkos)
• Guernésiais: assaïz
• Hebrew: מספיק (he) (maspík)
• Hindi: काफ़ी (hi) (kāfī)
• Italian: abbastanza (it)
• Japanese: 十分に (ja) (じゅうぶんに, jūbun ni), 充分に (ja) (じゅうぶんに, jūbun ni), 足りて (ja) (tarite)

• Korean: 충분히 (ko) (chungbunhi)
• Latvian: gana (lv)
• Macedonian: достатно (mk) (dóstatno), доволно (mk) (dóvolno)
• Manx: dy liooar (gv)
• Novial: sat
• Old Prussian: sūit
• Persian: کافی (fa) (kâfi)
• Polish: dość, dosyć, wystarczająco, na tyle
• Romanian: destul (ro), suficient (ro), de ajuns (ro)
• Russian: достаточно (ru) (dostátočno), довольно (ru) (dovól'no)
• Scottish Gaelic: gu leòr (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: довољно (sh) (dovoljno)
• Slovene: dovòlj (sl)
• Spanish: suficientemente (es)
• Swedish: tillräckligt (sv)
• Tok Pisin: inap (tpi)
• Turkish: yeterince, yeteri kadar, yeter derecede
• Urdu: کافی (ur) (kāfī)
• Vietnamese: đủ (vi)
• Welsh: gwala (cy)

Pronoun

enough

1. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.

   I have enough to keep me going.

Translations

a sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc

• Armenian: բավական (bavakan)
• Bulgarian: достатъчно (bg) (dostatǎčno)
• Catalan: prou (ca)
• Czech: dost (cs)
• Dutch: genoeg (nl)
• Finnish: tarpeeksi (fi), riittävästi (fi)
• French: suffisamment (fr), assez (fr)
• Guernésiais: assaïz

• Hebrew: מספיק (he) (maspík), די (he) (dái)
• Italian: abbastanza (it)
• Japanese: 十分 (ja) (じゅうぶん, jūbun), 充分 (ja) (じゅうぶん, jūbun)
• Macedonian: доволно (mk) (dóvolno)
• Norwegian: nok (no)
• Russian: достаточно (ru) (dostátočno)
• Serbo-Croatian: довољно (sh) (dovoljno)
• Spanish: bastante (es)

Interjection

Enough!

1. stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.

   Enough!

Translations

stop!

• Arabic: مَه (ar), كفى (ar) (kafaa) (for good thing), بس (ar) (bass) (for bad thing)

  Egyptian Arabic: كفاية (kefaia), بس (bass)

• Bulgarian: достатъчно (bg) (dostatǎčno)
• Catalan: prou (ca) Template:prou!
• Czech: dost (cs), a dost (cs)
• Dalmatian: buosta
• Dutch: genoeg! (nl)
• Esperanto: sufiĉe (eo)
• Finnish: Jo riittää!
• French: ça suffit !, assez !
• German: halt (de)!, das genügt (de)
• Greek: φτάνει (el) (ftanei)!, αρκετά (el) (arketa)!
• Hebrew: מספיק (he) (maspík), די (he) (dái)
• Italian: basta (it)
• Japanese: 十分だ (ja) (じゅうぶんだ, jūbun da), 充分だ (ja) (じゅうぶんだ, jūbun da), (imperative, informal) 止めろ (ja) (やめろ, yamero)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: به‌س (ku) (bes), ته‌واو (ku) (tewaw)

• Latvian: gana! (lv)
• Macedonian: доста! (mk) (dósta!)
• Norwegian: det holder! (no)
• Persian: کافی (fa), بس (fa)
• Polish: dosyć
• Portuguese: basta (pt)!, chega! (pt)
• Romanian: ajunge (ro)!
• Russian: достаточно (ru) (dostatočno)! (dostátočno), хватит (ru) (xvatit)! (xvátit), баста! (ru) (básta!)
• Serbo-Croatian: доста (sh) (dosta)
• Slovene: dovòlj (sl), básta (sl)
• Spanish: ¡basta! (es)
• Swahili: basi! (sw)
• Turkish: yeter! (tr)
• Vietnamese: đủ rồi ! (vi)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: sufiĉe da
• Indonesian: cukup, memadai
• Spanish: basta, bastante, suficiente

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