/ase/
Translation
enough, quite, rather
Word origin
From Vulgar Latin ad satis ('to enough'), from ad ('to') and satis ('enough, sufficient'). English 'satisfy' and 'satiate' share the satis root.
- Origin
- Vulgar Latin
- Root
- ad satis
- English cognates
- satisfy, satiate
Examples
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Have you slept enough to be in good shape for tomorrow's meeting?
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This restaurant is quite expensive for an ordinary weekday meal.
J' cette .
I've had enough of this situation that has been going on for too long.
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There are not enough chairs for everyone.
Cette salée .
This soup is quite salty for my taste.
a deux sens principaux : enough (suffisance) et quite/rather (atténuation d'un adjectif). Assez de + nom (enough of) : assez de temps, assez d'argent. En avoir assez de (to be fed up with, to have had enough of) est une expression de ras-le-bol très fréquente.
Assez ! seul est une injonction d'arrêt : assez ! (enough!, stop!). Devant un adjectif, assez atténue : c'est assez difficile (it's rather difficult, quite hard) - moins fort que très difficile. La distinction assez (enough of a quality) vs suffisamment (sufficiently) est principalement de registre, suffisamment étant légèrement plus soutenu.
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