suffisance

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French, derived from suffisant in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.fi.zɑ̃s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

suffisance f (plural suffisances)

1. sufficiency (quality or condition of being sufficient)
2. self-importance, vanity

Further reading

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