suffice

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• Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /səˈfaɪs/
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• UK: /səˈfʌɪs/
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• Canada: /ˈsʌ.fɪs/
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• obsolete: /səˈfaɪz/
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• Australian: /səˈfɑes/
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• New-Zealand: /səˈfaɪs/
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• New-Zealand: [səˈfɑe̯s]
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From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Amharic: በቃ (bäḳa) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Arabic: كَفَى (kafā) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Armenian: բավականացնել (bavakanacʻnel) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Armenian: հերիքել (herikʻel) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Armenian: բավարարել (bavararel) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Assamese: কুলা (kula) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Azerbaijani: çatmaq — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Azerbaijani: yetmək — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Azerbaijani: kifayət etmək — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Azerbaijani: kifayət olmaq — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Azerbaijani: bəs etmək — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Azerbaijani: bəs olmaq — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Belarusian: хапа́ць (xapácʹ) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Belarusian: хапі́ць (xapícʹ) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Bulgarian: стигам (stigam) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Bulgarian: достатъчен съм (dostatǎčen sǎm) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Burmese: တော် (tau) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Burmese: လောက် (lauk) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Catalan: bastar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Chinese Mandarin: 足夠 /足够 (zúgòu) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Chinese Mandarin: 夠 /够 (gòu) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Chinese Mandarin: 使滿足 /使满足 (shǐ mǎnzú) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Czech: stačit — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Danish: holde — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Danish: være tilstrækkelig — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Dutch: genoeg zijn — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Dutch: volstaan — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Dutch: voldoen — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Dutch: toereiken — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Esperanto: sufiĉi — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Finnish: riittää — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Finnish: kelvata — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Finnish: menetellä — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Finnish: piisata — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• French: suffire — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Galician: abastar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Galician: abondar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Galician: chegar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Georgian: ყოფნა (q̇opna) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Georgian: კმარა (ḳmara) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• German: ausreichen — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• German: genügen — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• German: genug sein — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• German: reichen — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (ganauhan) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Greek: φτάνω (ftáno) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Greek: αρκώ (arkó) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Ancient Greek: ἀρκέω (arkéō) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Hindi: काफ़ी होना (kāfī honā) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Hindi: पूरा पड़ना (pūrā paṛnā) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Hungarian: elég — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Hungarian: elegendő — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Hungarian: elmegy — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Hungarian: megfelel — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Hungarian: jó — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Hungarian: megteszi — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Interlingua: bastar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Interlingua: sufficer — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Italian: bastare — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Italian: essere sufficiente — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Japanese: 足りる (tariru) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Japanese: 足る (taru) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Korean: 충분하다 (chungbunhada) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Ladino: abastar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Latin: sufficiō — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Neapolitan: abbastà — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Norwegian: rekke — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Norwegian Bokmål: holde — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Norwegian Nynorsk: halde — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Oromo: ga'uu — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Persian: کفایت کردن (kefâyat kardan) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Polish: wystarczać — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Polish: wystarczyć — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Portuguese: ser suficiente — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Portuguese: atender — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Portuguese: satisfazer — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Portuguese: bastar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Portuguese: chegar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Portuguese: servir — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Quechua: aypay — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Quechua: puchuy — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Romanian: ajunge — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Russian: хвата́ть (xvatátʹ) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Russian: хвати́ть (xvatítʹ) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Russian: быть доста́точным (bytʹ dostátočnym) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Scottish Gaelic: foghain — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Serbo-Croatian: dostati — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Serbo-Croatian: dostajati — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Serbo-Croatian: достати (Cyrl) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Slovak: stačiť — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Spanish: bastar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Spanish: ser suficiente — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Spanish: alcanzar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Spanish: abastar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Spanish: pasar piola — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Spanish: suficir — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Spanish: suficientar — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Swahili: -tosha — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Swedish: räcka — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Swedish: förslå — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Swedish: vara tillräcklig — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Tamil: போது (pōtu) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Tamil: போரு (pōru) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Tamil: பற்று (paṟṟu) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Tamil: காண் (kāṇ) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Ukrainian: вистача́ти (vystačáty) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Ukrainian: ви́стачити (výstačyty) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Ukrainian: става́ти (staváty) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Ukrainian: ста́ти (státy) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Ukrainian: вистава́ти (vystaváty) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Ukrainian: ви́стати (výstaty) — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Vietnamese: đủ — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Vietnamese: là đủ — be enough, sufficient, adequate
• Armenian: բավարարել (bavararel) — satisfy
• Bulgarian: задоволявам (zadovoljavam) — satisfy
• Dutch: voldoen (aan) — satisfy
• Finnish: tyydyttää — satisfy
• Finnish: riittää — satisfy
• Galician: abastar — satisfy
• German: zufriedenstellen — satisfy
• German: befriedigen — satisfy
• Higaonon: tagbaw — satisfy
• Hungarian: kielégít — satisfy
• Italian: soddisfare — satisfy
• Polish: zadowolić — satisfy
• Polish: wystarczać — satisfy
• Polish: wystarczyć — satisfy
• Portuguese: satisfazer — satisfy
• Portuguese: servir — satisfy
• Russian: удовлетворя́ть (udovletvorjátʹ) — satisfy
• Russian: удовлетвори́ть (udovletvorítʹ) — satisfy
• Dutch: voorzien — furnish
• Finnish: riittää — furnish
• Galician: abastar — furnish
• German: ausstatten — furnish
• Hungarian: ellát — furnish
• Italian: fornire — furnish
• Portuguese: suplementar — furnish