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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesadéquat
Pronunciation / Transliteration: adéquat
"Cette explication est tout à fait adéquate."
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Satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.
"The salary is adequate for my needs."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 17th century: from Latin adequatus, past participle of adequare 'make equal to', from ad- 'to' + aequare 'make equal' (from aequus 'equal').
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adéquat
Transliteration: adéquat
"Cette explication est tout à fait adéquate."
angemessen
Transliteration: angemessen
"Seine Leistung war für die Aufgabe angemessen."
adeguato
Transliteration: adeguato
"Le misure adottate non sono adeguate."
adecuado
Transliteration: adecuado
"No tenemos suficiente espacio adecuado."
adequado
Transliteration: adequado
"Precisamos de um local adequado para a reunião."
पर्याप्त
Transliteration: paryapt
"यह भोजन हमारे लिए पर्याप्त है।"
充足的
Transliteration: chōngzú de
"我们需要充足的水分。"
적절한
Transliteration: jeokjeolhan
"그는 적절한 조치를 취했다."
十分な
Transliteration: jūbun na
"その資料は十分な情報を提供している。"
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