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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/
 * Rhymes: -ɪmpəl
 * Hyphenation: sim‧ple
 * Rhymes: -ɪmpəl
 * Hyphenation: sim‧ple

Adjective
simple (comparative simpler, superlative simplest )


 * 1) Having few parts or features; having no special features.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1)  (   colloquial   )  Feeble-minded.
 * 2)  (   mathematics ,  &#32;of a group   )  Having no normal subgroup.
 * 3)  (   mathematics ,  &#32;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

Translations
uncomplicated

simple-minded

Noun

 * 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

Verb

 * 1)  (   transitive ,  &#32;intransitive  ,  &#32;archaic   )  To gather simples, ie, medicinal herbs.

Derived terms

 * simpler
 * simplist

Anagrams

 * impels
 * impels
 * impels

Alternative forms

 * sinple

Etymology
Latin simplex

Adjective
simple ''m.  and &#32; f.  (plural''  simples)


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

Etymology
From Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective
simple ''m.  and &#32; 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

Etymology
simpl- + -e

Pronunciation

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

Adverb
simple


 * 1) simply

Pronunciation

 * IPA: /sɛ̃pl/, SAMPA: /sE~pl/
 * 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

Adjective
simple ''m.  and &#32; f.  (plural'' simples )


 * 1) simple

Alternative forms

 * sinple

Etymology
Latin simplex

Adjective
simple ''m.  and &#32; f.  (plural'' <b lang="fro" xml:lang="fro"> simples</b>)


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

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.

Adjective
simple ''m.  and &#32; f.  (plural'' simples )


 * 1) simple
 * 2) mere, uncomplicated, easy
 * 3) single
 * 4) insipid

Noun
simple ''m.  and &#32; f.  (plural'' simples )


 * 1) simpleton, fool
 * 2)  (   pharmacology ,  &#32;masculine   )  simple

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