sofficiente

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sof.fiˈt͡ʃɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: sof‧fi‧cièn‧te

Adjective

sofficiente (plural sofficienti)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of sufficiente
    • 1348, Giovanni Villani, “Libro primo [First Book]”, in Nuova Cronica [New Chronicle]‎, published 1991, section 1:
      mi pare che si convegna di raccontare e fare memoria dell’origine e cominciamento di così famosa città, e delle mutazioni averse e filici, e fatti passati di quella; non perch’io mi senta sofficiente a tanta opera fare
      I believe it's appropriate to tell and remember the origin and the beginning of such a famous city, and the changes, unfavorable and favorable, and its past facts; not because I feel sufficient for performing such a task

Further reading
  • sofficiente in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
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