facila

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin facilis, French facile, Italian facile, Spanish fácil, Portuguese fácil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈt͡sila/
• Hyphenation: fa‧ci‧la
• Rhymes: -ila

• Audio

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Adjective

facila (accusative singular facilan, plural facilaj, accusative plural facilajn)

1. easy; simple

   Antonym: malfacila

   Ne estas facila demando! ― It isn’t a simple question!

2. gentle
   • 1891, “La Espero”, L. L. Zamenhof (lyrics):

     En la mondon venis nova sento,
     tra la mondo iras forta voko;
     per flugiloj de facila vento
     nun de loko flugu ĝi al loko.

     Into the world came a new feeling,
     through the world goes a powerful call;
     by means of wings of a gentle wind
     now let it fly from place to place.

Derived terms

• facilanima (“frivolous”)
• facile (“easily”)
• facileco (“simplicity”)
• facili (“to be easy”)
• faciligi (“to make easy”)
• faciliĝi (“to become easy”)

 

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto facila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈt͡sila/

Adjective

facila

1. easy

Derived terms

• desfacileskar (“to get harder, more complicated”)
• desfaciligar (“to render difficult”)
• facile (“easily”)
• facileskar (“to get easier”)
• faciligar (“to facilitate”)