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==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*sem-|*meh₁-|*pel- (fold)}}
{{inh+|en|enm|symple}}, {{m|enm|simple}}, from {{der|en|fro|-}} and {{der|en|fr|simple}}, from {{der|en|la|simplex|t=simple|lit=onefold}} (as opposed to {{m|la|duplex|lit=twofold|t=double}}), from {{m|la|semel|t=the same}} + {{m|la|plicō|t=I fold}}. See [[same]] and [[fold]]. Compare [[single]], [[singular]], [[simultaneous]], etc.

Partially displaced native English {{m|en|onefold}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈsɪmpəl/|[ˈsɪmpl̩]}}
* {{audio|en|En-uk-simple.ogg|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|En-us-simple.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪmpəl|s=2}}
* {{hyph|en|sim|ple}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er|more}}

# [[uncomplicated|Uncomplicated]]; lacking complexity; taken by itself, with nothing added.
#: {{syn|en|onefold|Thesaurus:bare-bones}}
#: {{ant|en|subtle}}
#* {{RQ:Hough Purchase Price|chapter=I|text=We are engaged in a great work, a treatise on our river fortifications, perhaps? But since when did army officers afford the luxury of amanuenses in this '''simple''' republic?}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1940|author=Rosetta E. Clarkson|title=Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens |publisher=The Macmillan Company|page=253|text=Primitive people, colossally ignorant of the cause of disease and of curative processes, attributed to supernatural agencies any causes and effects for which their '''simple''' minds could give no natural explanations.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2006|author=M. Eto; et al|chapter=Solitons in Supersymmetric Gauge Theories|title=Particles, Strings and Cosmology|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pdiTnydMx04C|page=266|isbn=0735402957
|passage=The '''simplest''' soliton is the domain wall with co-dimension one, and the next '''simplest''' is the vortex with co-dimension two, whereas the co-dimension three (four) soliton is called monopole (instanton).}}
# [[easy|Easy]]; not difficult.
#: {{syn|en|basic|trivial|Thesaurus:easy}}
#: {{ant|en|challenging|hard|Thesaurus:difficult}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2001|author=Sydney I. Landau|title=Dictionaries: The Art and Craft of Lexicography|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-78512-X|page=167
|passage=There is no '''simple''' way to define precisely a complex arrangement of parts, however homely the object may appear to be.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2021|author=Luis Atencio|title=The Joy of JavaScript|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781638350323|page=104|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=rjszEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA104&dq=%22point-free%22&hl=&cd=22&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22point-free%22&f=false|text=Point-free coding is a byproduct of adopting declarative programming. You can use point-free coding without FP. But because point-free is all about improving the readability of code at a glance and making it '''simpler''' to parse, having the guarantees imposed by FP furthers this cause.}}
# Without [[ornamentation]]; [[plain]].
#: {{syn|en|austere|plain|Thesaurus:unadorned}}
#: {{ant|en|flashy|tinselly|Thesaurus:gaudy}}
# Free from [[duplicity]]; [[guileless]], [[innocent]], [[straightforward]].
#: {{syn|en|sincere|unaffected|Thesaurus:honest|Thesaurus:naive}}
#: {{ant|en|crafty|guileful|Thesaurus:wily}}
#* {{RQ:Marston Dutch Courtezan|passage=Full many fine men go upon my score, as '''simple''' as I stand here, and I trust them.}}
#* {{RQ:Byron Childe Harold|canto=I|stanza=XXXVI|passage=Must thou trust Tradition's '''simple''' tongue?}}
#* {{RQ:Emerson Complete Works|volume=I|page=160|passage=Nothing is more '''simple''' than greatness; indeed, to be '''simple''' is to be great. The vision of genius comes by renouncing the too officious activity of the understanding, and giving leave and amplest privilege to the spontaneous sentiment.}}
# [[undistinguished|Undistinguished]] in social condition; of no special [[rank]].
#: {{syn|en|common|low-born|ordinary|vulgar}}
#: {{antonyms|en|eminent|gentle|notable|highborn|well-born}}
#* {{quote-av
|en
|date=April 24, 1995
|title=w:Improbable Cause
|series={{w|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine}}
|publisher=w:Paramount Domestic Television
|genre=Science Fiction
|season=3
|issue=20
|oclc=1027641849
|passage={{w|Elim Garak|Garak}}: Who would want to kill me, a '''simple''' tailor? / {{w|Odo (Star Trek)|Odo}}: A '''simple''' tailor? A '''simple''' tailor who used to be an agent of the {{w|Obsidian Order}}!}}
# {{lb|en|archaic}} [[trivial|Trivial]]; [[insignificant]].
#: {{syn|en|inconsequential|Thesaurus:insignificant}}
#: {{ant|en|significant|Thesaurus:important}}
#* {{RQ:Malory Le Morte Darthur|book=X|chapter=LV|passage=‘That was a '''symple''' cause,’ seyde Sir Trystram, ‘for to sle a good knyght for seyynge well by his maystir.’|brackets=off|termlang=en|translation=‘That was a simple cause,’ said Sir Tristram, ‘for to slay a good knight for to say well by his master.’ }}
# {{lb|en|now|colloquial|euphemism}} Feeble-minded; [[foolish]].
#: {{syn|en|dim-witted|unwise|Thesaurus:foolish|Thesaurus:stupid}}
#: {{ant|en|astute|quick-witted|Thesaurus:wise}}
# {{lb|en|heading|technical}} Structurally uncomplicated.
#: {{syn|en|basic|plain|uncomplex|uncomplicated}}
#: {{ant|en|complex|compound|complicated}}
## {{lb|en|chemistry|pharmacology}} Consisting of one [[single]] substance; [[uncompounded]].
## {{lb|en|algebra|loosely|of an [[algebraic structure]]}} Being non-[[trivial]], and admitting no [[proper]] non-[[trivial]] [[quotient|quotients]].
### {{lb|en|[[group theory]]|of a [[group]]}} Being non-[[trivial group|trivial]], and having no [[proper]] non-trivial [[normal subgroup|normal subgroups]] (equivalently, no proper non-trivial [[quotient group|quotient groups]]).
### {{lb|en|[[module theory]]|of a [[module]]}} Being non-[[trivial]], and having no [[proper]] non-trivial [[submodule|submodules]] (equivalently, no proper non-trivial [[quotient module|quotient modules]]). 
### {{lb|en|[[ring theory]]|of a [[ring]]}} Being non-[[zero ring|zero]], and having no [[proper]] non-zero [[two-sided ideal|two-sided ideals]] (equivalently, no proper non-trivial [[quotient ring|quotient rings]]). For [[commutative]] rings, this definition coincides with that of a [[field]].
### {{lb|en|[[universal algebra]]|of an [[algebraic structure]]}} Containing more than one [[element]], and such that the only [[congruence|congruences]] on the structure are the [[diagonal relation]] (the [[equivalence relation]] <math>a \equiv b \iff a = b</math>) and the [[universal relation]] (the equivalence relation such that <math>a \equiv b</math> for all <math>a, b</math>). Equivalently, containing more than one element and having no proper non-trivial [[quotient algebra|quotient algebras]].
### {{lb|en|[[category theory]]|of an [[object]] in a [[category]] with a [[terminal object]]}} Being non-[[isomorphic]] to the terminal object, and such that its only [[quotient object|quotient objects]] (up to [[isomorphism]]) are the terminal object and itself.
## {{lb|en|algebra|of a [[Lie algebra]]}} Being non-[[abelian]] and having no [[proper]] non-zero [[ideal|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.)''
## {{lb|en|mathematics|[[real analysis]]|[[measure theory]]|of a [[real-valued]] [[function]]}} Equal to a finite [[linear combination]] of [[indicator function]]s on [[measurable set]]s.
## {{lb|en|botany}} Not [[compound]], but possibly [[lobed]].
## 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. {{q|of a steam engine}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1959|title=Steam's Finest Hour|editor=David P. Morgan|publisher=Kalmbach Publishing Co.|page=6
|passage=Chesapeake & Ohio turned to '''simple''' articulateds, for instance, simply because its Alleghany tunnels would not accommodate the low-pressure forward cylinders of larger compounds.}}
## {{lb|en|zoology}} Consisting of a single individual or [[zooid]]; not [[compound]].
##: {{ux|en|a '''simple''' ascidian}}
## {{lb|en|mineralogy}} [[homogenous|Homogenous]].
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Mere; not other than; being only.
#: {{syn|en|alone|mere|only|very}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare All's Well|act=II|scene=i|passage=A medicine {{...}} whose '''simple''' touch / Is powerful to araise King Pepin.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1859|chapter=XCIV|title=Seawaif; Or, The Terror of the Coast|author=w:Ned Buntline|location=New York|publisher=Frederic A. Brady|page=117|pageurl=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Seawaif_Or_The_Terror_of_the_Coast/k_RLAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA117&printsec=frontcover|passage="Yes; as well versed in the art of intrigue, I should think, as if she had been brought up in attendance in a court, instead of being a '''simple''' butler's daughter, in a gloomy old pile like this!"}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|central simple algebra
|fee simple|it's as simple as that
|future simple
|gentle and simple
|gentle nor simple
|gentle or simple
|oversimple
|past simple
|plain and simple
|present simple
|pure and simple
|simple algebra
|simple as
|simple as a pimple
|simple as kiss your hand
|simple beam
|simple connectedness
|simple connectivity
|simple continued fraction
|simple contract
|simple dislocation
|simple engine
|simple English
|simple equation
|simple extension
|simple eye
|simple fraction
|simple fracture
|simple fruit
|simple function
|simple future
|simple group
|simple harmonic motion
|simple harmonic oscillator
|simplehead
|simple-hearted
|simple hyperopia
|simple interest
|simple knot
|simple leaf
|simple-lifeish
|simple linear regression
|simple living
|simple machine
|simple majority
|simple mastectomy
|simple meter
|simple microscope
|simple-minded
|simple myopia
|simpleness
|simple past
|simple pendulum
|simple pistil
|simple pole
|simple present
|simple protein
|simple quadruple time
|simple regression
|simple ring
|simple root
|simple sentence
|Simple Simon
|simple squamous epithelium
|simpless
|simple sugar
|simple syrup
|simple tense
|simple time
|simpleton
|simple trust
|simplex
|simplicity
|simply
|single
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|uncomplicated}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|eenvoudig}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|thjeshtë}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|بَسِيط}}, {{t+|ar|سَهْل}} {{qualifier|easy}}
*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|بسيط|tr=basīṭ}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|بَسِيط|tr=basīṭ}}, {{t+|ar|سَهَل|tr=sahal}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Aragonese: {{t+|an|simple}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|պարզ}}, {{t+|hy|հասարակ}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|সৰল}}, {{t|as|সহজ}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|simple}}, {{t+|ast|cenciellu}}
* Aymara: {{t-needed|ay}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|sadə}}, {{t+|az|bəsit}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|ябай}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|erraz}}
* Belarusian: {{t+|be|про́сты}}, {{t+|be|лёгкі}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|সহজ}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|eeun}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|прост|m}}, {{t+|bg|ле́сен}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ရိုး}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|simple}}, {{t+|ca|senzill}}
* Cherokee: {{t-needed|chr}}
* Chichewa: {{t-needed|ny}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|簡單|tr=jiǎndān}}, {{qualifier|easy}} {{t+|cmn|容易|tr=róngyì}}, {{t+|cmn|簡易|tr=jiǎnyì}}
* Cornish: {{t|kw|sempel}}
* Corsican: {{t-needed|co}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jednoduchý|m}}, {{t+|cs|prostý}}, {{t+|cs|lehký}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|enkel}}, {{t|da|simpel}}
* Dhivehi: {{t-needed|dv}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|eenvoudig}}, {{t+|nl|simpel}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|simpla}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|lihtne}}
* Ewe: {{t-needed|ee}}
* Extremaduran: {{t-needed|ext}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|einfaldur}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yksinkertainen}}; {{q|slang}} {{t+|fi|simppeli}}, {{t|fi|selko-}}
* French: {{t+|fr|simple}}
* Friulian: {{t-needed|fur}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|simple}}, {{t|gl|sinxelo}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მარტივი}}, {{t|ka|უბრალო}}, {{t|ka|სადა}}, {{t|ka|იოლი}}
* German: {{t+|de|einfach}}, {{t+|de|simpel}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍆𐌰𐌻𐌸𐍃}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|απλός}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἁπλόος}}, {{t|grc|λιτός}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|સાદું}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|senp}}
* Hausa: {{t-needed|ha}}
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|maʻalahi}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|פשוט|tr=pashút}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सरल}}, {{t+|hi|आसान}} {{gloss|easy}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|egyszerű}}
* Hunsrik: {{t|hrx|eenfach}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|einfaldur|m}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|simpla}}
* Igbo: {{t-needed|ig}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|sederhana}}, {{t+|id|mudah}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|simple}}, {{t|ia|simplice}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|simplí}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|semplice}}, {{t+|it|mero|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|簡単|tr=かんたんな, kantan na|alt=簡単な}}, {{t+|ja|単純|tr=たんじゅんな, tanjun na|alt=単純な}}, {{qualifier|easy}} {{t+|ja|易い|tr=やすい, yasui}}
* Javanese: {{t-needed|jv}}
* Kannada: {{t-needed|kn}}
* Kapampangan: {{t|pam|mayan}}, {{t|pam|masaguli}}, {{t|pam|karaniuan}}, {{t|pam|simpli}}, {{t|pam|marimut}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|қарапайым}}, {{t|kk|жеңіл}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|មិនពិបាក|tr=mɨn pi’baak}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|간단(簡單)-하다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t+|ckb|ئاسان}}, {{t+|ckb|ساکار}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|sade}}, {{t+|kmr|hêsan}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|жөнөкөй}}, {{t+|ky|жеңил}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Ladino: {{t|lad|kolay}}, {{t|lad|sempl}}, {{t|lad|sémpliche}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ງ່າຍ}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|simplex}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|prasts}}, {{t|lv|vienkāršs}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|paprastas}}
* Luganda: {{t-needed|lg}}
* Luxembourgish: {{t|lb|einfach}}, {{t|lb|liicht}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|едно́ставен}}, {{t|mk|прост}}, {{t|mk|ле́сен}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|mudah}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|ലളിത}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|sempliċi}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|oney}}, {{t|gv|macaintagh}}, {{t|gv|neuchialgagh}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|waingōhia}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|सरळ}}
* Mirandese: {{t|mwl|lhano}}
* Mongolian: {{t+|mn|энгийн}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|साधा}}, {{t|ne|सरल}}, {{t|ne|साधारण}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|sîmpl'ye|m|f}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|simple}}
* Odia: {{t|or|ସରଳ}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|ānfeald}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|ساده|tr=sade}}, {{t|ota|بسیط|tr=basît}}, {{t|ota|بیاغی|tr=bayağı}} {{qualifier|plain, unbellished}}; {{t|ota|قولای|tr=kolay}}, {{t|ota|بسیط|tr=basît}}, {{t|ota|یسیر|tr=yesir}} {{qualifier|easy, uncomplicated}}
* Pashto: {{t-needed|ps}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|ساده|tr=sâde}}
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|eefach}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|prosty|m}}, {{t+|pl|łatwy|m}}, {{t+|pl|lekki}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|simples}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|سادہ}}, {{t+|pa|ਸਾਦਾ}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|simplu|m|n}}, {{t|ro|necomplicat|m|n}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|simpel}} {{qualifier|Rumantsch Grischun|Surmiran|Puter|Vallader}}, {{t|rm|sempel}} {{qualifier|Sursilvan|Sutsilvan}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|просто́й|m}}, {{qualifier|easy}} {{t+|ru|лёгкий}}
* Scots: {{t-needed|sco}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|sìmplidh}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|је̏дноста̄ван}}, {{t|sh|лак}} {{qualifier|easy}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|jȅdnostāvan}}, {{t+|sh|lak}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|sìmplici}}, {{t+|scn|sèmplici}}, {{t+|scn|sìmprici}}, {{t+|scn|sèmprici}}
* Silesian: {{t|szl|ajnfachowy}}
* Sindhi: {{t-needed|sd}}
* Sinhalese: {{t-needed|si}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|jednoduchý}}, {{t|sk|prostý}}, {{t|sk|ľahký}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|preprost}}, {{t|sl|enostaven}}, {{t+|sl|lahek}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Somali: {{t-needed|so}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|simple}}, {{t+|es|sencillo}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|enkel}}, {{t+|sv|simpel}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|simple}}; {{t|tl|payak}}; {{t+|tl|yano}}; {{t|tl|liso}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|сода}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|எளிய}}, {{t+|ta|எளிது}}, {{t|ta|எளிமையான}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|гади}}, {{t|tt|беркатлы}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|సరళమైన}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|ง่าย}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|basit}}, {{t+|tr|sade}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|sada}}, {{t|tk|ýönekeý}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|про́стий}}, {{t|uk|ле́гкий}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Urdu: {{qualifier|easy}} {{t+|ur|آسان|tr=āsān}}
* Uyghur: {{t-needed|ug}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|sodda}}, {{t+|uz|oson}} {{qualifier|easy}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|giản dị}}, {{t+|vi|mộc mạc}}, {{t+|vi|đơn giản}}, {{t+|vi|giản đơn}}
* Volapük: {{t+|vo|balugik}}
* Walloon: {{t-needed|wa}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|syml}}, {{t|cy|arddun}}
* West Frisian: {{t+|fy|ienfâldich}}
* Wolof: {{t-needed|wo}}
* Xhosa: {{t-needed|xh}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פּשוט|tr=poshet}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|rọrun}}
* Zazaki: {{t|zza|gerges}}
* Zulu: {{t-needed|zu}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|simple-minded}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|պարզամիտ}}, {{t+|hy|միամիտ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|наивен}}, {{t+|bg|простодушен}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|jednoduchý}}, {{t+|cs|prostý}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|achterlijk}}, {{t+|nl|simpel}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|simplanima}}
* French: {{t+|fr|simple|m|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|simple|m|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|einfach}}, {{t+|de|simpel}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|εὐήθης}}, {{t|grc|ἁπλόος}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|einfaldur|m}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|saonta}}, {{t|ga|macánta}}, {{t|ga|gan chealg}}
* Manx: {{t|gv|meecheeallagh}}, {{t|gv|neuchreeney}}, {{t|gv|giare-cheeayllagh}}
* Marathi: {{t|mr|भोळा}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|सीधा}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|ساده|tr=sade}}, {{t|ota|طوی|tr=toy}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|prostak}} {{qual|noun}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|simples}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|simplu}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|просто́й|m}}, {{t+|ru|простоду́шный|m}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|baoth}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|простодушан}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|prostodušan}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|enkel}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|תּמעוואַטע|tr=tamevate}}, {{t|yi|הינטערנאויוונדיק}}, {{t|yi|נאַרישעוואַטע}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|pharmaceutical drug}} A [[herbal]] [[preparation]] made from one [[plant]], as opposed to something made from more than one plant.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Merry Wives Q1|act=1|scene=4|passage=Dere is some simples in my closet, dat I vill not for the varld I shall leave behind.}}
#* {{RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes|chapter=37|book=II|passage=I know there are some '''simples''', which in operation are moistening and some drying.}}
#* {{RQ:Temple Miscellanea|part=3|pages=183–184|pageref=184|passage=[W]hat Virtue there is in this Remedy lies in the naked '''Simple''' it ſelf, as it comes over from the ''Indies'', and in the Choice of that which is leaſt dried, or periſhed by the Voyage.}}
#* {{RQ:Joyce Ulysses|passage=The first fellow that picked an herb to cure himself had a bit of pluck. '''Simples'''. Want to be careful.}}
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=2003
|author=Dolores Stewart Riccio
|title=Charmed Circle
|publisher=Kensington Books
|isbn=9780758203014
|page=12
|passage=The venerable carryall, formerly brimming with all manner of esoteric pamphlets and witch's '''simples''', now overflowed with a cascade of soft toys, juice bottles, tissues, linen books for  infants, {{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete|by extension}} A [[physician]].
# {{lb|en|logic}} A simple or atomic [[proposition]].
#* {{quote-av|en|author=w:Michael David Stevens|title=Do Chairs Exist?|url=https://youtu.be/fXW-QjBsruE?&t=641|time=10:41|date=14 September 2021|passage=Peter van Inwagen, for example, believes that there are no ordinary objects, no chairs or shirts or shoes. Right here there are just some '''simples''' — atoms or whatever — arranged shoe-wise.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Something not [[mixed]] or [[compounded]].
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It|act=IV|scene=i|passage=But it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many '''simples''', extracted from many objects, and indeed the sundry contemplation of my travels}}
# {{lb|en|weaving}} A [[drawloom]].
# {{lb|en|weaving}} Part of the [[apparatus]] for raising the [[heddle]]s of a [[drawloom]].
# {{lb|en|Roman Catholicism}} A [[feast]] which is not a [[double]] or a [[semidouble]].

====Translations====
{{trans-top|preparation from one plant}}
* French: {{t+|fr|simple|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|simple|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive|intransitive|archaic}} To gather simples, i.e. medicinal herbs.

====Derived terms====
{{col|en|simpler|simplist|simplify}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eilmps|LEMSIP|impels}}

{{C|en|One|Personality}}

==Asturian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ast|la|simplex}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ast-IPA}}
* {{hyph|ast|sim|ple}}

===Adjective===
{{ast-adj-mf}}

# {{l|en|simple}} {{gloss|uncomplicated}}
#: {{syn|ast|cenciellu}}

==Bikol Central==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|bcl|es|simple}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{bcl-IPA}}
* {{hyph|bcl|sim|ple}}

===Adjective===
{{bcl-noun|símple|b=+|intens=simplehon}}

# {{l|en|simple}}, [[plain]]
# [[unadorned]]
# [[easy]]
#: {{syn|bcl|madali|pasil}}

====Derived terms====
{{col|bcl|pagkasimple|kasimplehan}}

====Related terms====
{{col|bcl|simplisidad}}

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ca|la|simplex}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{audio|ca|LL-Q7026 (cat)-Unjoanqualsevol-simple.wav}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj|mf}}

# [[#Adjective|simple]] {{gloss|uncomplicated}}
#: {{syn|ca|senzill}}
# [[single]] {{gloss|not divided into parts}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|ca|fulla simple|t=simple leaf}}
* {{l|ca|simplement|t=simply}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|símplex|t=simplex}}
* {{l|ca|simplicitat|t=simplicity}}
* {{l|ca|ximple}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}

==Chavacano==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|cbk|es|simple||simple}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{cbk-IPA}}
* {{hyph|cbk|sim|ple}}

===Adjective===
{{cbk-adj}}

# {{l|en|simple}}

==Esperanto==

===Etymology===
From {{af|eo|simpla|-e}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{eo-IPA|a=LL-Q143 (epo)-Robin van der Vliet-simple.wav}}

===Adverb===
{{eo-head}}

# [[simply]]

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|fro|-}}, borrowed from {{bor|fr|la|simplex}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-simple.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{number box|fr|1}}
{{fr-adj}}

# [[single]]
#: {{coi|fr|comptabilité [[en partie simple|en partie '''simple''']]|[[single-entry|'''single'''-entry]] bookkeeping}}
# [[#English|simple]], [[straightforward]], [[easy]]
#: {{ant|fr|complexe|compliqué}}
#: {{nearsyn|fr|facile}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[simple comme bonjour|'''simple''' comme bonjour]]|[[easy as pie|'''easy''' as pie]]}}
# [[#English|simple]], [[plain]], [[unsophisticated]]
#: {{coi|fr|un homme '''simple'''|a '''simple''' man}}
# {{lb|fr|grammar}} [[synthetic]]; non [[analytic]]
#: {{cot|fr|composé|antérieur}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[futur simple|futur '''simple''']]|[[simple future|'''simple''' future]]}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[passé simple|passé '''simple''']]|[[past historic tense]]|lit=[[simple past|'''simple''' past]]}}
# {{lb|fr|grammar}}
#: {{cot|fr|complexe}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[phrase simple|phrase '''simple''']]|[[simple sentence|'''simple''' sentence]]}}
# {{lb|fr|chemistry}} [[#English|simple]], [[uncompounded]]
#: {{cot|fr|composé}}
#: {{coi|fr|[[corps simple|corps '''simple''']]}}
# [[one-way]]
#: {{coi|fr|un [[aller simple|aller '''simple''']]|a '''one-way''' ticket}}
#: {{coi|fr|un billet '''simple'''|a '''one-way''' ticket}}
# [[mere]]
#: {{coi|fr|un '''simple''' soldat|a '''mere''' soldier}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|fr
|dans le plus simple appareil
|dans son plus simple appareil
|réduire à sa plus simple expression
|simple d'esprit
}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|simplet}}
* {{l|fr|simplement}}
* {{l|fr|simplicité}}
* {{l|fr|simplifier}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|bor=1|ro|simplu}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|m}}

# {{rfdef|fr}}
#: {{coi|fr|passer du '''simple''' au double|to double}}
#: {{coi|fr|passer du '''simple''' au triple|to triple}}
# {{lb|fr|baseball}} [[single#Noun|single]]

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

===Anagrams===
* {{l|fr|emplis}}

{{C|fr|Personality}}

==Galician==

===Etymology===
{{lbor|gl|la|simplex}}. Displaced {{cog|roa-opt|simplez}}.

===Adjective===
{{gl-adj}}

# {{l|en|simple}}

==German==

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|de|De-simple.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{head|de|adjective form}}

# {{de-adj form of|simpel}}

==Latin==

===Adjective===
{{head|la|adjective form}}

# {{inflection of|la|simplus||voc|m|s}}

==Middle English==

===Adjective===
{{head|enm|adjective}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|symple}}

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun}}

# {{alternative form of|enm|symple}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Adjective===
{{head|nb|adjective form}}

# {{inflection of|nb|simpel||def|s}}
# {{inflection of|nb|simpel||p}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Adjective===
{{head|nn|adjective form}}

# {{inflection of|nn|simpel||def|s}}
# {{inflection of|nn|simpel||p}}

==Old French==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|fro|sinple}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|fro|la|simplex}}.

===Adjective===
{{fro-adj|mf}}

# [[innocent]]
# [[mere]]; {{l|en|simple}}
# [[honest]]; without [[pretense]]
# [[peasant]], [[pauper]] (attributive)

====Descendants====
* {{desc|fr|simple}}
** {{desc|bor=1|ro|simplu}}
* {{desc|bor=1|enm|symple|simple}}
** {{desc|sco|semple}}
** {{desc|en|simple}}

==Romanian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|ro|[ˈsim.ple]}}

===Adjective===
{{head|ro|adjective form}}

# {{inflection of|ro|simplu||f//n|p|nom//acc}}

==Spanish==
{{number box|es|1}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|es|la|simplex}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|+<audio:LL-Q1321 (spa)-AdrianAbdulBaha-simple.wav<a:Colombia>>}}

===Adjective===
{{es-adj}}

# {{l|en|simple}} {{gl|uncomplicated}}
#: {{syn|es|sencillo}}
#: {{ant|es|complejo}}
# {{lb|es|before the noun}} [[mere]], [[ordinary]]
#: {{syn|es|mero}}
#: {{uxi|es|Soy un '''simple''' pescador.|I'm '''just''' a fisherman.}}
# {{l|en|simple}}, [[single]] {{gl|not divided into parts}}
#: {{ant|es|compuesto}}
# [[simple-minded]], [[stupid]]
# [[insipid]], [[flavorless]]
#: {{syn|es|soso}}
# {{lb|es|grammar}} {{l|en|simple}}

====Usage notes====
* A way to think of the difference between ''simple'' and {{m|es|sencillo}}, which both mean "simple" in English, is that the antonym of ''simple'' is {{m|es|complejo||complex}}, whereas the antonym of ''sencillo'' is {{m|es|complicado||complicated}}.

====Derived terms====
{{col|es|a simple vista|comillas simples|futuro simple|máquina simple|movimiento armónico simple|oración simple|pretérito perfecto simple|simple y llanamente<t:plain and simple>|simplemente}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|cbk|simple}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|mfbysense}}

# [[simpleton]], [[fool]]
#: {{syn|es|bobo}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{lb|es|pharmacology}} {{l|en|simple}}

====See also====
* {{l|en|más simple que el mecanismo de un botijo}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

==Swedish==

===Adjective===
{{head|sv|adjective form}}

# {{adj form of|sv|simpel||def|natm|s}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|sv|a=eilmps|simpel}}

==Tagalog==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|tl|es|simple}}, from {{der|tl|la|simplex}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{tl-pr}}

===Adjective===
{{tl-adj|b=+}}

# {{l|en|simple}}; [[easy]] to [[do]]
#: {{syn|tl|payak|yano|liso}}
#* {{quote-book|1=tl|year=1994|author=Al O. Santiago|title=Sining ng pagsasaling-wika: sa Filipino mula sa Ingles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ufBHnk2ITxgC&redir_esc=y|isbn=9712315509|text='''Simpleng-simple''' rin ang aklat na ito kung ihahambing sa aklat ni Mildred Larson.|t=This book is also '''very simple''' compared to the book of Mildred Larson.}}
#* {{quote-book|1=tl|year=2002|title=Yaman Ng Pagkatao i Tm' 2002 Ed.|publisher=Rex Bookstore, Inc.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwbAtIzGuboC&redir_esc=y|isbn=9712332160|page=173|text=Ang boluntaryong pagpili ng '''simpleng''' pamumuhay ay isang desisyong maaari nating maisakatuparan.|t=The voluntary choice of a '''simple''' life is a decision that we can carry out.}}
# [[common]]; [[ordinary]]
#: {{syn|tl|karaniwan|pangkaraniwan}}
# [[easy]] to [[understand]]
# {{l|en|simple}}; [[plain]]
#: {{syn|tl|payak}}
# {{lb|tl|grammar}} {{l|en|simple}}
#: {{syn|tl|payak}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|tl|simplehan|kasimplehan|pagkasimple|napakasimple|simplehin|magpakasimple|magpasimple|pasimple}}

====Related terms====
{{col3|tl|simplipika|simplipikado|simplisidad}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Pambansang Diksiyonaryo}}