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• US: /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/
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• US, proscribed: /ˈæ.də.kɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ɪ.kwət/
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• /ˈæd.ɪˌkweɪt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AE1 D AH0 K W AH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: AE1 D AH0 K W EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikwos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat. By surface analysis, ad- + equate.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَافٍ (kāfin) — equal to some requirement
• Belarusian: адэква́тны (adekvátny) — equal to some requirement
• Bulgarian: адекватен (adekvaten) — equal to some requirement
• Bulgarian: съответен (sǎotveten) — equal to some requirement
• Bulgarian: съразмерен (sǎrazmeren) — equal to some requirement
• Catalan: adequat — equal to some requirement
• Chinese Cantonese: 適當 /适当 (sik1 dong3) — equal to some requirement
• Chinese Mandarin: 適當 /适当 (shìdàng) — equal to some requirement
• Chinese Mandarin: 足夠 /足够 (zúgòu) — equal to some requirement
• Cornish: lowr — equal to some requirement
• Czech: přiměřený — equal to some requirement
• Czech: odpovídající — equal to some requirement
• Czech: adekvátní — equal to some requirement
• Danish: tilstrækkelig — equal to some requirement
• Dutch: adequaat — equal to some requirement
• Dutch: voldoende — equal to some requirement
• Dutch: deugdelijk — equal to some requirement
• Esperanto: adekvata — equal to some requirement
• Esperanto: konvena — equal to some requirement
• Esperanto: taŭga — equal to some requirement
• Finnish: asianmukainen — equal to some requirement
• Finnish: riittävä — equal to some requirement
• French: adéquat — equal to some requirement
• Georgian: ადეკვატური (adeḳvaṭuri) — equal to some requirement
• Georgian: შესაბამისი (šesabamisi) — equal to some requirement
• Georgian: შესაფერისი (šesaperisi) — equal to some requirement
• Georgian: საკმარისი (saḳmarisi) — equal to some requirement
• Georgian: სათანადო (satanado) — equal to some requirement
• German: angemessen — equal to some requirement
• German: adäquat — equal to some requirement
• German: entsprechend — equal to some requirement
• Greek: αρκετός (arketós) — equal to some requirement
• Hindi: पर्याप्त (paryāpt) — equal to some requirement
• Hungarian: adekvát — equal to some requirement
• Hungarian: megfelelő — equal to some requirement
• Ido: adequata — equal to some requirement
• Italian: adeguato — equal to some requirement
• Japanese: 適当 (tekitō) — equal to some requirement
• Japanese: 適切 (tekisetsu) — equal to some requirement
• Japanese: 十分 (jūbun) — equal to some requirement
• Korean: 충분한 (chungbunhan) — equal to some requirement
• Latin: adaequātus — equal to some requirement
• Latvian: atbilstošs — equal to some requirement
• Latvian: piemērots — equal to some requirement
• Latvian: piederīgs — equal to some requirement
• Macedonian: соодветен (soodveten) — equal to some requirement
• Macedonian: адеква́тен (adekváten) — equal to some requirement
• Māori: rawaka — equal to some requirement
• Norwegian: adekvat — equal to some requirement
• Norwegian: tilstrekkelig — equal to some requirement
• Plautdietsch: nuach — equal to some requirement
• Polish: adekwatny — equal to some requirement
• Polish: odpowiedni — equal to some requirement
• Portuguese: adequado — equal to some requirement
• Romanian: adecvat — equal to some requirement
• Russian: адеква́тный (adekvátnyj) — equal to some requirement
• Russian: соотве́тствующий (sootvétstvujuščij) — equal to some requirement
• Russian: подходя́щий (podxodjáščij) — equal to some requirement
• Russian: соразме́рный (sorazmérnyj) — equal to some requirement
• Russian: доста́точный (dostátočnyj) — equal to some requirement
• Spanish: adecuado — equal to some requirement
• Swedish: adekvat — equal to some requirement
• Swedish: tillämplig — equal to some requirement
• Thai: สอดคล้อง (sɔ̀ɔt-klɔ́ɔng) — equal to some requirement
• Turkish: yeterli — equal to some requirement
• Turkish: uygun — equal to some requirement
• Ukrainian: адеква́тний (adekvátnyj) — equal to some requirement
• Vietnamese: đủ — equal to some requirement
• Vietnamese: đầy đủ — equal to some requirement
• Yiddish: אַדעקוואַט (adekvat) — equal to some requirement
• Bulgarian: осъразмерявам (osǎrazmerjavam) — to make adequate
• Finnish: asianmukaistaa — to make adequate
• Portuguese: adequar — to make adequate
• Turkish: eşitlemek — to make adequate