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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesautonome
Pronunciation / Transliteration: o-to-nom
"Elle est fière d'être autonome."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Able to provide for one's own needs without external assistance.
"The community aimed to be self-sufficient by growing its own food." - 2
Not requiring any outside help or support.
"She felt proud to be self-sufficient after starting her own business."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'self-sufficient' is derived from the combination of 'self', which comes from Old English 'seolf', and 'sufficient', from Latin 'sufficientem', meaning 'to meet the needs'. The term evolved in the English language to describe the ability to provide for oneself without external assistance.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Self-sufficient" is said worldwide
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autonome
Transliteration: o-to-nom
"Elle est fière d'être autonome."
selbständig
Transliteration: zelbst-ändig
"Er ist stolz, selbständig zu sein."
autosufficiente
Transliteration: auto-sufficiente
"È orgoglioso di essere autosufficiente."
autosuficiente
Transliteration: auto-su-fi-cien-te
"Ella está orgullosa de ser autosuficiente."
autossuficiente
Transliteration: auto-su-fi-cien-te
"Ele se orgulha de ser autossuficiente."
स्वावलंबी
Transliteration: svaavalambi
"वह स्वावलंबी होने पर गर्व महसूस करता है।"
自给自足
Transliteration: zì-jǐ-zì-zú
"他为自己能够自给自足感到自豪。"
자급자족
Transliteration: ja-geup-ja-jok
"그는 자급자족할 수 있어 자랑스럽다."
自給自足
Transliteration: jikyūjisoku
"彼は自給自足できることを誇りに思っています。"
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