plain

(Engels)

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/pleɪn/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: pleyn

Verwant aan 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.

Concepten

vlakte

duidelijk

klaar

zuiver

uitgesproken

vlak

helder

eenvoudig

puur

weeklagen

veld

onopgesmukt

klaarblijkelijk

land

licht

lichtend

ongekunsteld

openhartig

positief

rein

ronduit

stellende trap

transparant

landbouwgrond

akkerland

onversierd

slagveld

duidelijk

akker

#evident |evident

blank

blijkbaar

doorzichtig

effen

egaal

evident

gewoon

glad

hel

kaal

kennelijk

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

plaine

Ebene

pianura

llanura

piano

simple

sencillo

llano

einfach

clair

planície

schlicht

równina

klar

deutlich