how to pronounce suffire

/sy.fiʁ/

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suffire is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of suffire in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… ne pourra pas se suffire à lui-même …”

meanings of suffire

verb:

To be enough, to suffice.

suffire frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word suffire occurs in french on average 4.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.