enough

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English

Etymology

Middle English ynough, from Old English ġenōġ, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (compare West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Danish nok), from *ǥanaxa 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), 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 enenkein 'to carry').

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈnʌf/, 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) Catalan: prou, suficient Chinese: Mandarin: 夠 (zh), 够 (zh) (gòu), 足夠 (zh), 足够 (zh) (zúgòu), 充足 (zh) (chōngzú), 足 (zh) (zú) 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) (arketos) Hebrew: מספיק (he) (maspík), די (he) (dái) Hungarian: elég (hu) Italian: abbastanza (it)

Japanese: 十分 (じゅうぶん, jūbun), 充分 (じゅうぶん, jūbun), 足りる (tariru) Latin: satis (la) Latvian: gana (lv) 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) Serbian: довољно (sr) (dovoljno) Spanish: bastante (es) Swahili: basi (sw) Swedish: tillräckligt (sv) 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) Catalan: suficientment, prou Chamicuro: ma'sha Chinese: Mandarin: 足夠 (zh), 足够 (zh) (zúgòu), 夠 (zh), 够 (zh) (gòu), 充足 (zh) (chōngzú) Dutch: genoeg (nl) Esperanto: sufiĉe (eo) Finnish: tarpeeksi (fi), kyllin (fi), riittävän (fi) French: suffisamment (fr), assez (fr) German: genug (de) Greek: αρκετά (el){arketa), επαρκώς (el) (eparkos) 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) 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) Serbian: довољно (sr) (dovoljno) Slovene: dovolj (sl) Spanish: suficientemente (es) Swedish: tillräckligt (sv) 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) Catalan: prou (ca) Czech: dost (cs) Dutch: genoeg (nl) Finnish: tarpeeksi (fi), riittävästi (fi) French: suffisamment (fr), assez (fr)

Hebrew: מספיק (he) (maspík), די (he) (dái) Italian: abbastanza (it) Japanese: 十分 (じゅうぶん, jūbun), 充分 (じゅうぶん, jūbun) Norwegian: nok (no) Russian: достаточно (ru) (dostátočno) Serbian: довољно (sr) (dovoljno) Spanish: bastante (es)

Interjection

Enough!

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

   Enough!

Translations

stop!

Arabic: مه (ar) Bulgarian: достатъчно (bg) Catalan: prou! ("ja n'hi ha prou!") Dalmatian: buosta Dutch: genoeg! 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 (じゅうぶんだ, jūbun-da), 充分だ (じゅうぶんだ, jūbun-da), 足りている (tarite-iru)

Kurdish: به‌س (ku) (bes), ته‌واو (ku) (tewaw) Latvian: gana! (lv) Persian: کافی (fa), بس (fa) Polish: dosyć Portuguese: basta (pt)! Russian: достаточно (ru)! (dostátočno), хватит (ru)! (xvátit), баста! (ru) (básta!) Serbian: доста (sr) (dosta) Slovene: dovolj (sl), basta (sl) Spanish: ¡basta! Swahili: basi! Turkish: yeter! Vietnamese: đủ rồi ! (vi)

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

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