simple
English
/ˈsɪmpəl/
adj
Definitions
- Uncomplicated; taken by itself, with nothing added.
- Without ornamentation; plain.
- Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.
- Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.
- (now) Trivial; insignificant.
- (now) Feeble-minded; foolish.
- (heading) Structurally uncomplicated.
- (obsolete) Mere; not other than; being only.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English symple borrowed from French simple derived from Latin simplex (simple, onefold, single, plain, singular).
Origin
Latin
simplex
Gloss
simple, onefold, single, plain, singular
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cosemisimple English
- hearted English
- life English
- minded English
- nonsemisimple English
- nonsimple English
- nonsimply English
- oversimple English
- oversimplistic English
- oversimply English
- quasisimple English
- semisimple English
- semisimply English
- simple-hearted English
- simple-heartedly English
- simple-heartedness English
- simple-lifeish English
- simplehearted English
- simpleheartedly English
- simpleheartedness English
- simpleminded English
- simplemindedly English
- simplemindedness English
- simpleness English
- simpleton English
- simpletonish English
- simplex English
- simplism English
- simplist English
- simplistic English
- simplistically English
- simplisticness English
- simply English
- supersimple English
- ultrasimple English
- unsimple English
- unsimplistic English
- persimplex Latin
- simplex Latin
- simpliciter Latin
- simpel German
- simpel Dutch, Flemish
- archisimple French
- passé simple French
- semisimple French
- simple French
- simplement French
- simplesse French
- simplet French
- simplifier French
- simplissime French
- simple Spanish, Castilian
- *sem- Proto-Indo-European
- simpel Norwegian Bokmål
- simpel Swedish
- simpel Norwegian Nynorsk
- sympilte Middle English
- symple Middle English
- symplenesse Middle English
- symply Middle English
- simple Old French
- simple Catalan, Valencian
- simple Galician
- simplu Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- simplez Old Portuguese
- simpel Middle Low German
- sempel Romansh
- simpel Romansh
- simple Asturian
- senp Haitian, Haitian Creole
- *sɨml Proto-Brythonic
- life
- simply
- minded
- simplex
- hearted
- unsimple
- simplist
- simplism
- nonsimple
- simpleton
- nonsimply
- semisimple
- oversimply
- oversimple
- simpleness
- semisimply
- simplistic
- ultrasimple
- supersimple
- quasisimple
- cosemisimple
- simpleminded
- unsimplistic
- simpletonish
- simplehearted
- nonsemisimple
- simplisticness
- simple-lifeish
- simplemindedly
- simple-hearted
- simplistically
- oversimplistic
- simpleheartedly
- simple-heartedly
- simplemindedness
- simpleheartedness
- simple-heartedness