assez

French

Etymology

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

Adverb

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

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French assez.

Adverb

assez

  1. enough; sufficiently

Descendants

  • French: assez

Old French

Adverb

assez

  1. alternative form of asez