suffisantes

Suffisantes is the feminine plural form of the French adjective suffisant, meaning "sufficient" or "adequate." It is used to modify feminine plural nouns and denotes that something meets the required amount or standard. For example, des preuves suffisantes (sufficient evidence) and des raisons suffisantes (sufficient reasons).

Forms and usage: The full set of forms is suffisant (masculine singular), suffisante (feminine singular), suffisants (masculine plural), and suffisantes (feminine plural). In contemporary French, suffisant generally follows the noun in attributive position, as in "preuves suffisantes," and also appears after être in predicate position, e.g., "Les preuves sont suffisantes." Prenominal use is uncommon and typically reserved for specific stylistic or emphatic occasions.

Etymology: Suffisant derives from Latin sufficiens, from the verb sufficere "to suffice," with the adjectival suffix -ant. It has developed into the modern French forms suffisant/suffisante/suffisants/suffisantes.

Related terms: The noun form is suffisance, meaning "sufficiency." The adverb meaning "sufficiently" is suffisamment. Related adjectives include suffisant, suffi

samment and related phrases such as des preuves suffisantes or des raisons suffisantes.

See also: suffisant, suffisamment, suffisance.