User:Robert Ullmann/Prologue/examples/simple
- (adjective) Having few parts or features; having no special features.
- (adjective, colloquial) Feeble-minded.
- (adjective, mathematics, of a group) Having no normal subgroup.
- (adjective, mathematics, of a Lie group) Having no connected normal subgroup.
- (noun, medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- (noun, logic) A simple or atomic proposition
- (verb, transitive, intransitive, archaic) To gather simples, ie, medicinal herbs.
- (Anglo-Norman, Old French, adjective) innocent
- (Anglo-Norman, Old French, adjective) mere; simple
- (Anglo-Norman, Old French, adjective) honest; without pretense
- (Anglo-Norman, Old French, adjective) peasant, pauper (attibutive)
- (Catalan, adjective) simple (uncomplicated)
- (Catalan, adjective) single (not divided into parts)
- (Esperanto, adverb) simply
- (French, adjective) simple
- (French, adjective) one-way
- (French, noun) one-way ticket
- (French, noun, baseball) single
- (Galician, adjective) simple
- (Romanian, adjective) feminine plural nominative form of simplu.
- (Romanian, adjective) feminine plural accusative form of simplu.
- (Romanian, adjective) neuter plural nominative form of simplu.
- (Romanian, adjective) neuter plural accusative form of simplu.
- (Spanish, adjective) simple
- (Spanish, adjective) mere, uncomplicated, easy
- (Spanish, adjective) single
- (Spanish, adjective) insipid
- (Spanish, noun) simpleton, fool
- (Spanish, noun, pharmacology, masculine) simple
English
editEtymology
edit< 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
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editsimple (comparative simpler, superlative simplest)
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- 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.
- 2001, Sydney I. Landau, Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography, Cambridge University Press (→ISBN), page 167,
- (colloquial) Feeble-minded.
- (mathematics, of a group) Having no normal subgroup.
- (mathematics, of a Lie group) Having no connected normal subgroup.
Synonyms
edit- (having few parts or features): plain
- See WikiSaurus:easy
Antonyms
edit- (having few parts or features): complex, compound, complicated
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Noun
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simple (plural simples)
- (medicine) A preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
- (logic) A simple or atomic proposition
Translations
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to 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
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Anglo-Norman
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editLatin simplex
Adjective
editsimple m. and f. (plural simples)
Catalan
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editFrom Latin simplex.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editsimple m. and f. (plural simples, obsolete feminine simpla)
Synonyms
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edit- fulla simple (“simple leaf”)
- simplement (“simply”)
Related terms
edit- símplex (“simplex”)
- simplicitat (“simplicity”)
- ximple
Esperanto
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editPronunciation
edit- IPA: /ˈsimple/
- Hyphenation: sim‧ple
Adverb
editsimple
French
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editsimple (epicene, plural simples)
- simple
- one-way
- Un billet simple.
- A one-way ticket.
- Un billet simple.
Noun
editsimple m. (plural simples)
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editGalician
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editsimple m. and f. (plural simples)
Old French
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editLatin simplex
Adjective
editsimple m. and f. (plural simples)
Romanian
editPronunciation
edit- IPA: [ˈsim.ple]
Adjective
editsimple
- feminine plural nominative form of simplu.
- feminine plural accusative form of simplu.
- neuter plural nominative form of simplu.
- neuter plural accusative form of simplu.
Spanish
editAdjective
editsimple m. and f. (plural simples)
Noun
editsimple m. and f. (plural simples)
- simpleton, fool
- (pharmacology, masculine) simple