plain

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (archaic, regional) Flat, level.
2. Simple, unaltered.
3. Simple, unaltered.
4. Simple, unaltered.
5. Simple, unaltered.
6. Simple, unaltered.
7. Obvious.
8. Obvious.
9. Open.
10. Open.
11. Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
12. Not a trump.

Adv

1. (colloquial, not-comparable) Simply.
2. (archaic, not-comparable) Plainly; distinctly.

Noun

1. An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
2. A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water.
3. (archaic) Synonym of field in reference to a battlefield.
4. (alt-of, alternative, obsolete) Alternative spelling of plane: a flat geometric field.

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To level; to raze; to make plain or even on the surface.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To make plain or manifest; to explain.

Noun

A lamentation.

Verb

1. (obsolete, reflexive) To complain.
2. (ambitransitive, archaic, poetic) To lament, bewail.

Concepts

plaine

simple

clair

évident

champ

campagne

limpide

uni

franc

🆓

nature

plat

net

ordinaire

manifeste

direct

facile

modeste

pur

plateau

naturellement

patent

plain

plaindre

plan

plein

prairie

râler

régulier

rude

se plaindre

sobre

sol

steppe

strictement

tricoter

visiblement

à la portée de tous

de toute évidence

évidente

monochromatique

nivelé

plaines

porter plainte

terrain plat

unicolore

unie

champs ouverts

parcelle de terrain libre

terrain bas

assis en tailleur

Synonymes

simple

clear

distinct

flat

ordinary

evident

field

obvious

homely

manifest

level

apparent

even

prairie

ugly

level land

unadorned

common

plane

smooth

bare

level ground

pure

explicit

easy

frank

unattractive

straightforward

⬆️

sheer

light

valley

humble

unpretentious

complain

unvarnished

steppe

champaign

lowly

pampas

flat land

open field

flatland

downright

meadow

lucid

lowland

mere

conspicuous

plateau

outspoken

Traductions

Ebene

pianura

llanura

piano

sencillo

vlakte

llano

einfach

planície

schlicht

deutlich

πεδιάδα

klar

claro

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/pleɪn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: pleyn

Appartenant à Anglo-Norman: -

In summary

From Middle English pleyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pleyn, playn, Middle French plain, plein, and Old French plain, from Latin plānus (“flat, even, level, plain”). Doublet of llano, piano, and plane.