assez

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French assez, from Old French asez, from Late Latin ad satis, from Latin ad + satis. Cognate with Franco-Provençal asséds, Occitan assatz, Italian assai, Portuguese assaz, and Spanish asaz. Doublet of assai.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /a.se/, (in liaison) /a.se.z‿/
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  • Rhymes: -e

Adverb

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assez

  1. enough
    Il est incontestable que je suis assez bouché de croire ça.It's incontestable that I'm already dumb enough to believe that
  2. quite
  3. rather
    • 2018, Zaz, On s'en remet jamais:
      T’as mis la barre assez haut.
      You set the bar pretty high.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French assez.

Adverb

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assez

  1. enough; sufficiently

Descendants

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  • French: assez

Old French

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Adverb

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assez

  1. Alternative form of asez