aisé
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French aisié (“eased”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”). More at easy.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
aisé (feminine aisée, masculine plural aisés, feminine plural aisées)
- easy to do, with ease, simple, effortless
- Il est aisé de participer.
- Une lettre qui n’est pas aisée à lire.
- wealthy, with no money problems, affluent, prosperous, on easy street, in easy circumstances
- Dans ce quartier ne vivent que des familles aisés.
- smooth, fluid (about a movement or a conversation)
- (obsolete) Said about clothes that are very (too) comfortable to wear
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “aisé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.