How to say “simple” in 33 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
“simple” in Italian: semplice · Portuguese: simples
It is commonest in Romanian, where simplu is the 430th most used word.
Simple in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans eenvoudig/ˌɪə̯nˈfœu̯.dəχ/ simple, plain #552
- Albanian qetë[c͡ɕɛtə] second-person plural simple perfect… #361
- Bengali সহজ/ʃɔhod͡ʒ/ easy, simple #280
- Catalan senzill[sənˈziʎ] simple, easy #1,847
- Chinese 容易/ɻʊŋ³⁵ i⁵¹/ easy; simple #156
- Croatian jednostavan/jêdnostaːʋan/ #2,403
- Czech jednoduchý[ˈjɛdnoduxiː] #2,333
- Dutch simpel[ˈsɪmpəl] #1,357
- English should/ʃʊd/ Used before a verb to indicate the simple… #123
- Esperanto simpla/ˈsimpla/ #1,071
- Estonian lihtne/ˈlihtne/ simple, easy #487
- Finnish helppoa/ˈhelpːoa/ easy, simple #825
- French facile/fa.sil/ easy, simple #525
- Galician simple/ˈsimple/ #916
- Georgian ვიცი[vit͡sʰi] first-person singular present simple of იცის:… #34
- Greek απλό/aˈplo/ plain, simple, uncomplicated #996
- Hungarian egyszerű[ˈɛcsɛryː] simple, uncomplicated #597
- Icelandic einfalt/ˈeinfal̥t/ #770
- Indonesian sederhana/sədərˈhana/ #916
- Italian semplice/ˈsem.pli.t͡ʃe/ #772
- Lithuanian paprastas[ˈpɐprɐstɐs] simple, uncomplicated #825
- Malayalam ലളിതമായ/lɐɭid̪ɐmaːjɐ/ #1,250
- Persian ساده[sɒː.d̪é] #493
- Polish łatwe/ˈwa.tfɛ/ easy, simple #1,989
- Portuguese simples/ˈsĩ.plis/ #752
- Romanian simplu[ˈsimplu] #430
- Slovak jednoduchý/jednɔduxiː/ #1,487
- Swedish enkel/ˈɛŋ.kɛl/ simple, easy #2,074
- Tagalog simple/ˈsimple/ simple; easy to do #1,344
- Tamil எளிது/ɛɭɪd̪ɯ/ that which is simple, trivial, effortless,… #1,059
- Telugu కేవలము/ˈkeːʋaˌlamu/ pure, mere, simple, unmixed, uncompounded #1,854
- Turkish misin/miˈsin/ second-person singular simple of mi #50
- Urdu سادہ/sɑː.d̪ə/ plain, simple #630
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.