Simple

English

Etymology

Template:Root Template:Inh+, Template:M, from Template:Der and Template:Der, from Template:Der (as opposed to Template:M), from Template:M + Template:M. See same and fold. Compare single, singular, simultaneous, etc.

Partially displaced native English Template:M.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

1. Uncomplicated; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.

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2. Easy; not difficult.

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3. Without ornamentation; plain.

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4. Free from duplicity; guileless, innocent, straightforward.

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5. Undistinguished in social condition; of no special rank.

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6. Template:Lb Trivial; insignificant.

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7. Template:Lb Feeble-minded; foolish.

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8. Template:Lb Structurally uncomplicated.

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   1. Template:Lb Consisting of one single substance; uncompounded.
   2. Template:Lb Being non-trivial, and admitting no proper non-trivial quotients.
      1. Template:Lb Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial normal subgroups (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient groups).
      2. Template:Lb Being non-trivial, and having no proper non-trivial submodules (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient modules).
      3. Template:Lb Being non-zero, and having no proper non-zero two-sided ideals (equivalently, no proper non-trivial quotient rings). For commutative rings, this definition coincides with that of a field.
      4. Template:Lb Containing more than one element, and such that the only congruences on the structure are the diagonal relation (the equivalence relation $a\equiv b⟺a=b$) and the universal relation (the equivalence relation such that $a\equiv b$ for all $a,b$). Equivalently, containing more than one element and having no proper non-trivial quotient algebras.
      5. Template:Lb Being non-isomorphic to the terminal object, and such that its only quotient objects (up to isomorphism) are the terminal object and itself.
   3. Template:Lb Being non-abelian and having no proper non-zero ideals. (Note that this is non-equivalent to the usual algebra sense; in particular, the abelian Lie algebra of dimension 1 over any given field is non-trivial and has no proper non-zero ideals, but is by convention not considered simple.)
   4. Template:Lb Equal to a finite linear combination of indicator functions on measurable sets.
   5. Template:Lb Not compound, but possibly lobed.
   6. Using steam only once in its cylinders, in contrast to a compound engine, where steam is used more than once in high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders. Template:Q
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   7. Template:Lb Consisting of a single individual or zooid; not compound.

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   8. Template:Lb Homogenous.
9. Template:Lb Mere; not other than; being only.

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Noun

1. Template:Lb A herbal preparation made from one plant, as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
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2. Template:Lb A physician.
3. Template:Lb A simple or atomic proposition.
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4. Template:Lb Something not mixed or compounded.
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5. Template:Lb A drawloom.
6. Template:Lb Part of the apparatus for raising the heddles of a drawloom.
7. Template:Lb A feast which is not a double or a semidouble.

Translations

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Verb

1. Template:Lb To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

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Asturian

Etymology

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Adjective

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Bikol Central

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

1. Template:L, plain
2. unadorned
3. easy

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Catalan

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

1. simple Template:Gloss

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Chavacano

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Esperanto

Etymology

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Adverb

1. simply

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

1. single

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2. simple, straightforward, easy

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3. simple, plain, unsophisticated

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4. Template:Lb synthetic; non analytic

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6. Template:Lb simple, uncompounded

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7. one-way

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8. mere

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Derived terms

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Noun

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2. Template:Lb single

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Anagrams

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Galician

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Latin

Adjective

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Middle English

Adjective

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Noun

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Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

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Old French

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Adjective

1. innocent
2. mere; Template:L
3. honest; without pretense
4. peasant, pauper (attributive)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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Spanish

Etymology

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Adjective

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2. Template:Lb mere, ordinary

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3. Template:L, single Template:Gl

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4. simple-minded, stupid
5. insipid, flavorless

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Usage notes

• A way to think of the difference between simple and Template:M, which both mean "simple" in English, is that the antonym of simple is Template:M, whereas the antonym of sencillo is Template:M.

Descendants

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Noun

1. simpleton, fool

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Noun

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Swedish

Adjective

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Anagrams

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Tagalog

Etymology

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Adjective

1. Template:L; easy to do

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2. common; ordinary

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3. easy to understand
4. Template:L; plain

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Further reading

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