suffisant
French, adjective/sy.fi.zɑ̃/
suffisant is spelled S-U-F-F-I-S-A-N-T (9 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written French, the 4,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Suffisant is a French adjective meaning “sufficient; enough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of suffire. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui suffit”.
What does suffisant mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sufficient; enough
largement suffisant, amplement suffisant
- 2
sufficient
condition suffisante
- 3
smug, vain, self-righteous
verb
- 1
present participle of suffire
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui suffit. 2. Qui est vain, fat, présomptueux, satisfait de sa personne.
noun: 1. Personne suffisante.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of suffisant
- suffisante feminine
- suffisants masculine plural
- suffisantes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce suffisant?
- /sy.fi.zɑ̃/
- \sy.fi.zɑ̃\
- [sy.fi.zɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to suffisant
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is suffisant in French?
suffisant appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).