suffire

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French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French sufire, susfire et al., from Latin sufficiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.fiʁ/
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Verb

suffire

  1. to be enough, to suffice

Usage notes

  • When followed by que, suffire gives the subjunctive mood.
  • The past participle of suffire is always invariable, even when used pronominally.

Conjugation

Conjugation of suffire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple suffire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple suffisant
/sy.fi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle suffi
/sy.fi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present suffis
/sy.fi/ 		suffis
/sy.fi/ 		suffit
/sy.fi/ 		suffisons
/sy.fi.zɔ̃/ 		suffisez
/sy.fi.ze/ 		suffisent
/sy.fiz/
imperfect suffisais
/sy.fi.zɛ/ 		suffisais
/sy.fi.zɛ/ 		suffisait
/sy.fi.zɛ/ 		suffisions
/sy.fi.zjɔ̃/ 		suffisiez
/sy.fi.zje/ 		suffisaient
/sy.fi.zɛ/
past historic2 suffis
/sy.fi/ 		suffis
/sy.fi/ 		suffit
/sy.fi/ 		suffîmes
/sy.fim/ 		suffîtes
/sy.fit/ 		suffirent
/sy.fiʁ/
future suffirai
/sy.fi.ʁe/ 		suffiras
/sy.fi.ʁa/ 		suffira
/sy.fi.ʁa/ 		suffirons
/sy.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		suffirez
/sy.fi.ʁe/ 		suffiront
/sy.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional suffirais
/sy.fi.ʁɛ/ 		suffirais
/sy.fi.ʁɛ/ 		suffirait
/sy.fi.ʁɛ/ 		suffirions
/sy.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		suffiriez
/sy.fi.ʁje/ 		suffiraient
/sy.fi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present suffise
/sy.fiz/ 		suffises
/sy.fiz/ 		suffise
/sy.fiz/ 		suffisions
/sy.fi.zjɔ̃/ 		suffisiez
/sy.fi.zje/ 		suffisent
/sy.fiz/
imperfect2 suffisse
/sy.fis/ 		suffisses
/sy.fis/ 		suffît
/sy.fi/ 		suffissions
/sy.fi.sjɔ̃/ 		suffissiez
/sy.fi.sje/ 		suffissent
/sy.fis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — suffis
/sy.fi/ 		— suffisons
/sy.fi.zɔ̃/ 		suffisez
/sy.fi.ze/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

suffīre

  1. inflection of suffiō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
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