noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The condition of being self-sufficient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
personal independence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: autonomy, self-direction, self-reliance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: independence, independency
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbh-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English sufficiency English self-sufficiency From self- + sufficiency.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
autosuficiencia
— condition of being self-sufficient
Bulgarian:
самодоста́тъчност
(samodostátǎčnost)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Bulgarian:
самостоя́телност
(samostojátelnost)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Catalan:
autosuficiència
— condition of being self-sufficient
Chinese Mandarin:
自給自足 /自给自足
(zìjǐzìzú)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Czech:
soběstačnost
— condition of being self-sufficient
Danish:
selvforsyning
— condition of being self-sufficient
Dutch:
zelfvoorziening
— condition of being self-sufficient
Esperanto:
memsufiĉo
— condition of being self-sufficient
Finnish:
omavaraisuus
— condition of being self-sufficient
Finnish:
itseriittoisuus
— condition of being self-sufficient
French:
autosuffisance
— condition of being self-sufficient
French:
autonomie
— condition of being self-sufficient
Galician:
autosuficiencia
— condition of being self-sufficient
Georgian:
თვითკმარობა
(tvitḳmaroba)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Georgian:
დამოუკიდებლობა
(damouḳidebloba)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Georgian:
ავტარკია
(avṭarḳia)
— condition of being self-sufficient
German:
Selbstversorgung
— condition of being self-sufficient
German:
Nahrungsmittelselbstversorgung
— condition of being self-sufficient
German:
Nahrungsmittel-Selbstversorgung
— condition of being self-sufficient
German:
Autarkie
— condition of being self-sufficient
German:
Selbstgenügsamkeit
— condition of being self-sufficient
German:
Selbstständigkeit
— condition of being self-sufficient
German:
wirtschaftliche Unabhängigkeit
— condition of being self-sufficient
Greek:
αυτάρκεια
(aftárkeia)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Ancient Greek:
αὐτάρκεια
(autárkeia)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Hindi:
आत्मनिर्भरता
(ātmanirbhartā)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Hindi:
स्वावलंब
(svāvlamb)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Hungarian:
önellátás
— condition of being self-sufficient
Indonesian:
swa sembada
— condition of being self-sufficient
Interlingua:
autosustenentia
— condition of being self-sufficient
Irish:
neamhthuilleamaíocht
— condition of being self-sufficient
Italian:
autosufficienza
— condition of being self-sufficient
Japanese:
自給自足
(jikyūjisoku)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Korean:
자급자족
(jageupjajok)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Persian:
اتکای به نفس
(ettekâ-ye be nafs)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Polish:
samowystarczalność
— condition of being self-sufficient
Portuguese:
autossuficiência
— condition of being self-sufficient
Portuguese:
autonomia
— condition of being self-sufficient
Russian:
самодоста́точность
(samodostátočnostʹ)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Russian:
самостоя́тельность
(samostojátelʹnostʹ)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Russian:
автоно́мность
(avtonómnostʹ)
— condition of being self-sufficient
Scottish Gaelic:
fèin-fhoghainteachd
— condition of being self-sufficient
Slovak:
sebestačnosť
— condition of being self-sufficient
Spanish:
autosuficiencia
— condition of being self-sufficient
Swedish:
självförsörjning
— condition of being self-sufficient
Ukrainian:
самодоста́тність
(samodostátnistʹ)
— condition of being self-sufficient