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simple.

single

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj/sɛ̃pl/

  1. single

    comptabilité en partie simple

  2. simple, straightforward, easy

    simple comme bonjour

  3. simple, plain, unsophisticated

    un homme simple

  4. synthetic; non analytic

    futur simple
    passé simple

  5. simple, uncompounded

    phrase simple
    corps simple

  6. one-way

    un aller simple
    un billet simple

  7. mere

    un simple soldat
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin simplex.

noun/sɛ̃pl/

  1. single

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin simplex.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.