adequate

(Anglès)

Oposat a
inadequate
Freqüència

C2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/
Etimologia (Anglès)

Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat.

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