suffisant

See also: süffisant

English

Adjective

suffisant (comparative more suffisant, superlative most suffisant)

1. Obsolete form of sufficient.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “suffisant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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French

Etymology

suffire +‎ -ant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.fi.zɑ̃/

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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

• insuffisant
• suffisamment
• suffisance

Verb

suffisant

1. present participle of suffire

Further reading

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