plain

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Adjective 1.2.1.1 Synonyms 1.2.1.2 Antonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Related terms 1.2.1.5 Translations 1.2.2 Adverb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Antonyms 1.3.1.2 Synonyms 1.3.1.3 Derived terms 1.3.1.4 See also 1.3.1.5 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.2.1 Homophones 2.3 Adjective 2.4 Anagrams 3 Romansch 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: plān, IPA: /pl̩eɪn/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: plane

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French plain, from Latin plānus (“‘flat, even, level, plain’”).

[edit] Adjective

plain (comparative plainer, superlative plainest)

1. ordinary; lacking adornment or ornamentation.
2. (food) unseasoned

   Would you like a poppy bagel or a plain bagel?

3. (computing) containing no non-printing characters; ASCII code values 32 through 126.

[edit] Synonyms

• no-frills
• normal
• ordinary
• simple
• unadorned
• unseasoned
• See also Wikisaurus:bare-bones

[edit] Antonyms

• bells and whistles
• decorative
• exotic
• fancy
• ornate

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms

• plane
• planar

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adverb

plain (not comparable)

1. (colloquial) Simply

   It was just plain stupid.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French plain, from Latin plānum (“‘level ground, a plain’”), neuter substantive from plānus (“‘level, even, flat’”).

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

plain (plural plains)

1. An expanse of land with relatively low relief.
   • 1961: J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467.

     For Plato the life of the philosopher is a life of struggle towards the goal of knowledge, towards “searching the heavens and measuring the plains, in all places seeking the nature of everything as a whole”

[edit] Antonyms

• cliff
• gorge
• mountain
• vale

[edit] Synonyms

• flatlands
• high plain
• plateau
• prairie
• steppe

[edit] Derived terms

• abyssal plain
• alluvial plain
• flood plain/floodplain
• gibber plain
• Great Plains
• peneplain
• Plains
• plain wanderer
• salt plain
• the rain in Spain falls mainly in the plain

[edit] See also

• grassland
• meadow

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ailnp
• lapin
• Lipan

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin planus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /plɛ̃/, SAMPA: /plE~/

[edit] Homophones

• plein

[edit] Adjective

plain

1. (obsolete) plane

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ailnp
• alpin
• lapin

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[edit] Romansch

[edit] Etymology

From Latin plenus.

[edit] Adjective

plain

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