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1. (adjective) Having few parts or features; having no special features.
2. (adjective, colloquial) Feeble-minded.
3. (adjective, mathematics, of a group) Having no normal subgroup.
4. (adjective, mathematics, of a Lie group) Having no connected normal subgroup.
5. (noun, medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
6. (noun, logic) A simple or atomic proposition
7. (verb, transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, ie, medicinal herbs.
8. (Anglo-Norman, Old French, adjective) innocent
9. (Anglo-Norman, Old French, adjective) mere; simple
10. (Anglo-Norman, Old French, adjective) honest; without pretense
11. (Anglo-Norman, Old French, adjective) peasant, pauper (attibutive)
12. (Catalan, adjective) simple (uncomplicated)
13. (Catalan, adjective) single (not divided into parts)
14. (Esperanto, adverb) simply
15. (French, adjective) simple
16. (French, adjective) one-way
17. (French, noun) one-way ticket
18. (French, noun, baseball) single
19. (Galician, adjective) simple
20. (Romanian, adjective) feminine plural nominative form of simplu.
21. (Romanian, adjective) feminine plural accusative form of simplu.
22. (Romanian, adjective) neuter plural nominative form of simplu.
23. (Romanian, adjective) neuter plural accusative form of simplu.
24. (Spanish, adjective) simple
25. (Spanish, adjective) mere, uncomplicated, easy
26. (Spanish, adjective) single
27. (Spanish, adjective) insipid
28. (Spanish, noun) simpleton, fool
29. (Spanish, noun, pharmacology, masculine) simple

English

Most common English words: smile « walk « places « #709: simple » fresh » noble » appearance

Etymology

< Middle English simple < Old French and French simple < Latin simplex (“‘simple, literally 'onefold', as opposed to duplex, twofold, double’”) < sim- (“‘the same’”) + plicare (“‘to fold’”): see same and ply. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsɪmpl/

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  Rhymes: -ɪmpəl

• Hyphenation: sim‧ple

Adjective

simple (comparative simpler, superlative simplest)

Positive simple

Comparative simpler

Superlative simplest

1. Having few parts or features; having no special features.
   • 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN), page 167,

     There is no simple way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.

2. (colloquial) Feeble-minded.
3. (mathematics, of a group) Having no normal subgroup.
4. (mathematics, of a Lie group) Having no connected normal subgroup.

Synonyms

• (having few parts or features): plain
• See WikiSaurus:easy

Antonyms

• (having few parts or features): complex, compound, complicated

Derived terms

Derived terms

fee simple future simple oversimple past simple plain and simple present simple pure and simple simple beam simple connectivity simple contract simple dislocation simple equation simple extension simple eye simple fraction simple fracture simple fruit simple function simple future simple group simple harmonic motion simple-hearted simple interest simple leaf simple linear regression

simple machine simple mastectomy simple microscope simple-minded simple past simple pendulum simple pistil simple pole simple present simple protein simple regression simple sentence Simple Simon simple sugar simple syrup simple time simple trust simplehead simpleness simpless simplex simply single simplicity simpleton

Translations

uncomplicated

Albanian: thjeshtë sq(sq) Arabic: بسيط (basiiT) Armenian: պարզ hy(hy) (parz), հասարակ hy(hy) (hasarak) Bulgarian: прост bg(bg) (prost) m. Catalan: simple ca(ca) Chinese: trad. 簡單,simpl. 简单 (jiǎndān) Croatian: jednostavan hr(hr) Czech: jednoduchý cs(cs) m. Dutch: eenvoudig nl(nl), simpel nl(nl) Esperanto: simpla eo(eo) Estonian: lihtne et(et) Finnish: yksinkertainen fi(fi) (simppeli fi(fi), slang) French: simple fr(fr) Georgian: მარტივი ka(ka) (martivi), უბრალო ka(ka) (ubralo), სადა ka(ka) (sada) German: einfach de(de), simpel de(de) Haitian Creole: senp Hebrew: פשוט he(he) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: egyszerű hu(hu) Ido: simpla io(io) Italian: semplice it(it) Japanese: 簡単な (kantan na), 単純な (tanjun na)

Kazakh: қарапайым kk(kk) (qarapayım) Korean: 간단한 (gandanhan) Kurdish: Sorani: ئاسان ku(ku) (AsAn), ساکار ku(ku) (sAkAr) Latin: simplex la(la) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: paprastas lt(lt) Novial: simpli Old English: please add this translation if you can Polish: prosty pl(pl) m., łatwy pl(pl) m. Portuguese: simples pt(pt) Romanian: simplu ro(ro) Russian: простой ru(ru) (prostój) m. Slovene: preprost, enostaven Spanish: simple es(es) Swedish: enkel sv(sv) Tamil: எளிய ta(ta) (eḷiya), எளிது ta(ta) (eḷitu), எளிமையான ta(ta) (eḷimaiyāNa) Telugu: సరళమైన (saraLamaina) Thai: ง่าย (ngâai) Turkish: basit tr(tr), sade tr(tr) Vietnamese: giản dị vi(vi), mộc mạc vi(vi) West Frisian: ienfâldich fy(fy)

simple-minded

Armenian: պարզամիտ hy(hy) (parzamit), միամիտ hy(hy) (miamit) Bulgarian: прост bg(bg) (prost) m., малоумен bg(bg) (maloúmen) m. Croatian: prostodušan hr(hr) Dutch: achterlijk nl(nl), simpel nl(nl)

German: einfach de(de) Polish: prostak pl(pl) (noun) Swedish: enkel sv(sv)

Noun

Singular simple

Plural simples

simple (plural simples)

1. (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
2. (logic) A simple or atomic proposition

Translations

preparation from one plant

Spanish: simple es(es) m.

Verb

Infinitive to simple

Third person singular simples

Simple past simpled

Past participle simpled

Present participle simpling

to simple (third-person singular simple present simples, present participle simpling, simple past and past participle simpled)

1. (transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, ie, medicinal herbs.

Derived terms

• simpler
• simplist

Anagrams

• impels

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Anglo-Norman

Alternative forms

• sinple

Etymology

Latin simplex

Adjective

simple m. and f. (plural simples)

1. innocent
2. mere; simple
3. honest; without pretense
4. peasant, pauper (attibutive)

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Catalan) IPA: [ˈsimpɫə]
• (Western Catalan) IPA: [ˈsimpɫe]

Adjective

simple m. and f. (plural simples, obsolete feminine simpla)

1. simple (uncomplicated)
2. single (not divided into parts)

Synonyms

• senzill

Derived terms

• fulla simple (“simple leaf”)
• simplement (“simply”)

Related terms

• símplex (“simplex”)
• simplicitat (“simplicity”)
• ximple

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Esperanto

Etymology

simpl- + -e

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsimple/
• Hyphenation: sim‧ple

Adverb

simple

1. simply

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sɛ̃pl/, SAMPA: /sE~pl/

Adjective

simple (epicene, plural simples)

1. simple
2. one-way

   Un billet simple.

   A one-way ticket.

Noun

simple m. (plural simples)

1. one-way ticket
2. (baseball) single

Related terms

• aller simple
• simplement
• simplicité
• simplifier

Anagrams

• emplis

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Galician

Adjective

simple m. and f. (plural simples)

1. simple

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Old French

Alternative forms

• sinple

Etymology

Latin simplex

Adjective

simple m. and f. (plural simples)

1. innocent
2. mere; simple
3. honest; without pretense
4. peasant, pauper (attibutive)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈsim.ple]

Adjective

simple

1. feminine plural nominative form of simplu.
2. feminine plural accusative form of simplu.
3. neuter plural nominative form of simplu.
4. neuter plural accusative form of simplu.

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Spanish

Adjective

simple m. and f. (plural simples)

1. simple
2. mere, uncomplicated, easy
3. single
4. insipid

Noun

simple m. and f. (plural simples)

1. simpleton, fool
2. (pharmacology, masculine) simple