simple
Contents |
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English simple, from Old French and French simple, from Latin simplex (“simple, literally 'onefold', as opposed to duplex, twofold, double”), from sim- (“the same”) + plicare (“to fold”): see same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈsɪmpəl/, X-SAMPA: /"sImp@l/
-
Audio (US) (file) -
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪmpəl
- Hyphenation: sim‧ple
Adjective [edit]
simple (comparative simpler, superlative simplest)
- Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 167,
- There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.
- 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press (ISBN 0-521-78512-X), page 167,
- Without ornamentation; plain.
- Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
- Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
- (now rare) Trivial; insignificant.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
- ‘That was a symple cause,’ seyde Sir Trystram, ‘for to sle a good knyght for seyynge well by his maystir.’
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
- (now colloquial) Feeble-minded; foolish.
- (chemistry) Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
- (mathematics) Of a group: having no normal subgroup.
- (botany) Not compound, but possibly lobed.
Synonyms [edit]
- (consisting of a single part or aspect): onefold
- (having few parts or features): plain
- See also Wikisaurus:easy
Antonyms [edit]
- (having few parts or features): complex, compound, complicated
- (uncomplicated): subtle
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
|
|
|
|
Noun [edit]
simple (plural simples)
- (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.37:
- I know there are some simples, which in operation are moistning and some drying.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.37:
- (logic) A simple or atomic proposition
Translations [edit]
Verb [edit]
simple (third-person singular simple present simples, present participle simpling, simple past and past participle simpled)
- (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, ie, medicinal herbs.
Derived terms [edit]
Statistics [edit]
-
Most common English words before 1923: smile · walk · places · #709: simple · fresh · noble · appearance
Anagrams [edit]
Catalan [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin simplex.
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
simple m, f (masculine and feminine plural simples)
Synonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
- fulla simple (“simple leaf”)
- simplement (“simply”)
Related terms [edit]
- símplex (“simplex”)
- simplicitat (“simplicity”)
- ximple
Esperanto [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈsimple/
- Hyphenation: sim‧ple
Adverb [edit]
simple
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
simple (masculine and feminine, plural simples)
- simple
- one-way
- Un billet simple.
- A one-way ticket.
- Un billet simple.
Noun [edit]
simple m (plural simples)
Related terms [edit]
Anagrams [edit]
Galician [edit]
Adjective [edit]
simple m and f (plural simples)
Latin [edit]
Adjective [edit]
simple
- vocative masculine singular of simplus
Old French [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Latin simplex
Adjective [edit]
simple m and f (plural simples)
Romanian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ˈsim.ple]
Adjective [edit]
simple
- feminine pluralnominative form of simplu
- feminine pluralaccusative form of simplu
- neuter pluralnominative form of simplu
- neuter pluralaccusative form of simplu
Spanish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
simple m and f (plural simples)
Antonyms [edit]
- (simple): complejo
- (uncomplicated): complicado
Noun [edit]
simple m and f (plural simples)
- simpleton, fool
- (pharmacology, masculine) simple
Swedish [edit]
Adjective [edit]
simple
- absolute definite natural masculine form of simpel.
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English adjectives
- English terms with rare senses
- English colloquialisms
- en:Chemistry
- en:Mathematics
- en:Botany
- English nouns
- en:Medicine
- en:Logic
- English verbs
- English archaic terms
- 1000 English basic words
- en:One
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan adjectives
- Catalan epicene adjectives
- Esperanto adverbs
- French adjectives
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Baseball
- Galician adjectives
- Latin adjective forms
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French adjectives
- Romanian adjective forms
- Spanish adjectives
- Spanish nouns
- es:Pharmacology
- Swedish adjective forms