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Meaning of plain | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1 Frequent
pleɪn

Definitions

  1. An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
  2. A lamentation.
    poetic, rare
  3. Plain, flatland.
  4. A surname.
  5. Clearly; simply: plain stubborn.
  6. A broad, flat expanse in general, as of water.
  7. A large tract of almost level land.
  8. Synonym of field in reference to a battlefield.
    archaic
  9. duidelik بِوُضوح، بِصَراحَه просто claramente prostě; jasně einfach enkelt απλά, ξεκάθαραsencillamente; claramente; francamente selgelt به سادگی؛ صریحاً selvästi simplement; clairement בְּבֵרוּר स्पष्ट रूप से očito, iskreno világosan; őszintén, nyíltan dengan jelas einfaldlega semplicemente, chiaramente 明白に 소박하게, 순수하게, 분명하게 paprastai, aiškiai vienkārši; saprotami; atklāti dgn jelas eenvoudig, duidelijk, eerlijkklart, oppriktigprosto, szczerze, w zrozumiały sposób په ساده ګى سره، په صراحت سره ...
  10. Alternative spelling of plane: a flat geometric field.
    alt-of, alternative, obsolete
  11. vaalheid وُضوح، سُهولَه، صَراحَه простота clareza jednoduchost; jasnost die Einfachheit, die Klarheit almindelighed απλότηταsencillez, simplicidad; franqueza, claridad lihtsus سادگی؛ همواری yksinkertaisuus simplicité; clartéפשטות खुलापन jednostavnost, otvorenost egyszerűség; nyíltság; tisztaság; simaság kejelasan einfaldleiki semplicità, chiarezza 明白さ 솔직함, 명백함 paprastumas, aiškumas vienkāršība; saprotamība; vaļsirdība kejelasan eenvoud, duidelijkheid, eerlijkheid, lelijkheidtydelighet; det so...
  12. dark chocolate not containing milk. melkvrye sjokolade صِرف، مَحْض، خالِص натурален шоколад chocolate preto hořká čokoláda reine Schokolade mørk chokolade σοκολάτα κουβερτούρα chocolate sin leche mõruðokolaad شکلات ساده tumma suklaa chocolat à croquer שוֹקוֹלָד מָרִיר प्लेन चाकलेट obična étcsokoládé coklat biasa át-/suðusúkkulaði cioccolato fondente/amaro ブラックチョコレート 우유를 넣지 않은 초콜릿 grynas šokoladas tīra šokolāde coklat pahit pure chocolamørk sjokolade gorzka czekolada ساده چاكليت chocolate pret...
  13. a plain-clothes job. burgerlike drag لِباس عادي ، غَيْر رَسْمي цивилни дрехи roupa à paisana civilní šaty die Zivilkleidung, Zivil-... civilt tøj; civiltøjs- πολιτικά ρούχα vestido de paisano erariided لباس شخصی tavalliset vaatteet vêtements civils; en civil לְבוּש אֶזרָחִי साधारण वस्त्र civilna odjeća civil (ruha) pakaian preman óeinkennisklæddur abiti civili 平服 평복, 사복 civiliniai drabužiai civildrēbes pakaian preman burgersivilklær ubranie cywilne شخصى كالى يا جامى roupa à paisana haine civi...
    a plain-clothes job
  14. progress without difficulty. sonder sukkel تَقَدُّم بِدون صُعوبات безпроблемен coisa fácil úplná hračka glatt gehen det går bare derudad εύκολη υπόθεση,π αιχνιδάκι ser coser y cantar lepase reega کار بی دردسر edetä vaivattomasti (chose) qui va comme sur des roulettes נְסִיעָה שְׁקֶטָה कठिनाई से प्रगति करना jednostavno sima ügy lancar einfalt mál (compito facile) とんとん拍子 순조로운 진행 (eina) kaip iš pypkės kā pa sviestu berjalan lancar gemakkelijk werk enkelt som fot i hose prosta sprawa, łatwizna بى...
  15. speaking honestly and candidly, not trying to be tactful. She is a very plain-spoken person who always says what she means. reguit مُعَبِّرا عن آراءِه بِصَراحَه открито казан franco upřímný freimütig ligefrem; oprigtig ντόμπροςfranco, llano otsekohene رک suorapuheinen direct דוֹבֵר גְלוּיוֹת स्पष्टवादिता iskren, otovoren nyílt, szókimondó terus terang hreinskilinn, berorður franco, schietto 率直な 솔직한, 숨김없는 tiesmukas, tiesu vaļsirdīgs terus-terang openhartiglikefram, som sier ting rett ut, oppri...
  16. in simple words; clearly expressed. Would you mind explaining it in plain English? in gewone Engels بِوُضوح، بِكَلِمات بَسيطَه на прост език em palavras simples po lopatě einfache/er/es let engelsk σε απλή γλώσσα, με απλά λόγια en cristiano, en términos sencillos selges keeles, selgesõnaliselt به انگلیسی ساده و قابل فهم selvällä suomen kielellä בְּשָׂפָה פְּשוּטָה सरल अंग्रेजी shavtljivo, jednostavnim riječima magyarán sederhana (in modo chiaro), (chiaro e tondo) 쉬운 영어로 paprastais žodžiais sk...
  17. común, ordinario-a.

Equivalents

العربية السهل بسيط سهل
Azərbaycanca düzən düzənlik sadə
བོད་སྐད ཐང
Čeština obyčejný pláň planina prostý rovina
Ελληνικά πεδιάδα πεδίο
Esperanto ebenaĵo ebeno
Eesti tasandik
Euskara apal lau
Gaeilge machaire pléineáilte simplí
Galego chaira
עברית מישור ערבה
हिन्दी मैदान
Magyar alföld egyszerű róna síkság
Bahasa Indonesia dataran
Íslenska hreinn sletta
ქართული ბარი ვაკე
Қазақша жазық
한국어 소박한 평야 평지
Latina planities planum
Македонски рамнина
Монгол тал газар
Bahasa Melayu dataran
မြန်မာဘာသာ မြေပြန့်
Nederlands eenvoudig kaal vlakte
Português insípido natural planície simples
Română câmpie șes
Shqip are rrafsh rrah
Српски plan planina равнина
Kiswahili tambarare
తెలుగు బయలు
Türkçe düzlük ova sade
ئۇيغۇرچە تۈزلەڭلىك
Українська рівнина
اردو دشت میدان
Tiếng Việt bình nguyên đồng bằng

Examples

“Him the Ammonite / Worshipped in Rabba and her watery plain.”
“1961, J. A. Philip. Mimesis in the Sophistês of Plato. In: Proceedings and Transactions of the American Philological Association 92. p. 467. For Plato the life of the philosopher is a life of struggle towards the goal of knowledge, towards “searching the heavens and measuring the plains, in all places seeking the nature of everything as a whole””
“Fair ship, that from the Italian shore, ⁠Sailest the placid ocean-plains ⁠With my lost Arthur’s loved remains, Spread thy full wings, and waft him o’er.”
“You have stormed no town and found the money there ; neither did you find it in the plains of Plassey after the defeat of the Nawab”
“Lead forth my soldiers to the plain.”
“The warrior-threat, the infant's plain, The mother's screams, were heard in vain;”

CEFR level

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