plain
English
/pleɪn/
adj
Definitions
- (now) Flat, level.
- Simple.
- Obvious.
- Open.
- Not unusually beautiful; unattractive.
- (card games) Not a trump.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English pleyn borrowed from pleyn borrowed from Middle French plain derived from Old French plain derived from Latin plānus (flat, level, even, clear, plain) root from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (flat, broad, plain, wide, wide and flat, thin, field).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pleh₂-
Gloss
flat, broad, plain, wide, wide and flat, thin, field
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
野, 畑, 原
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Poland English
- chant English
- clothed English
- etch English
- etchplain English
- flood English
- floodplain English
- head English
- land English
- like English
- palaeoplain English
- paleoplain English
- peneplain English
- plain work English
- plainchant English
- plainclothed English
- plainful English
- plainhead English
- plainish English
- plainland English
- plainlike English
- plainly English
- plainness English
- plainsawn English
- plainsies English
- plainsong English
- plainspoken English
- plainspokenly English
- plainspokenness English
- plainswoman English
- plainware English
- planulate English
- river English
- riverplain English
- sand English
- sandplain English
- sawn English
- song English
- spoken English
- woman English
- work English
- *planula Latin
- complano Latin
- explano Latin
- palam Latin
- placo Latin
- planarius Latin
- plancus Latin
- planiceps Latin
- planipennis Latin
- planities Latin
- plantāre Latin
- plantātiōnem Latin
- planus Latin
- plaustrum Latin
- plānum Latin
- plānus Latin
- plānārius Latin
- plānārius, plānāria Latin
- plēnus Latin
- plan German
- piano Italian
- pianoforte Italian
- dorpsplein Dutch, Flemish
- marktplein Dutch, Flemish
- plein Dutch, Flemish
- pleiner Dutch, Flemish
- pleinvrees Dutch, Flemish
- schoolplein Dutch, Flemish
- verkeersplein Dutch, Flemish
- plain French
- plain-chant French
- plaine French
- planer French
- плита Russian
- плоский Russian
- llano Spanish, Castilian
- πέλανος Ancient Greek
- πλάγος Ancient Greek
- πλανάω Ancient Greek
- πλατεῖα Ancient Greek
- *gʰredʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleHk- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂-no-s Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂-r- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₂ros Proto-Indo-European
- *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *pléh₂n̥teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *pl̥h₂-u-tós Proto-Indo-European
- gressplen Norwegian Bokmål
- plen Norwegian Bokmål
- plenklipper Norwegian Bokmål
- plano Portuguese
- *felþuz Proto-Germanic
- *flaką Proto-Germanic
- pole Polish
- polny Polish
- polowy Polish
- plen Norwegian Nynorsk
- flage Middle English
- pleyn Middle English
- pleynly Middle English
- láithreacht Irish
- flana Old Norse
- *polnъ Proto-Slavic
- *poľe Proto-Slavic
- *pȍľe Proto-Slavic
- plain Old French
- pla Catalan, Valencian
- plana Icelandic
- plaetse Middle Dutch
- láithrech, láthrach Old Irish
- plain Middle French
- prão Old Portuguese
- *ɸlātrom Proto-Celtic
- *plānktā Proto-Italic
- llanu Asturian
- planu Asturian
- plan Friulian
- urlár Middle Irish
- pltk' Middle Persian
- pleyn xno
- *pləks Proto-Hellenic
- 𒁄𒄭𒅖 Hittite
- like
- sawn
- sand
- work
- etch
- song
- head
- land
- flood
- chant
- woman
- river
- Poland
- spoken
- plainly
- clothed
- plainful
- plainish
- etchplain
- plainsong
- peneplain
- plainness
- sandplain
- plainland
- plainsawn
- plainlike
- plainhead
- planulate
- plainsies
- plainware
- plain work
- paleoplain
- riverplain
- plainchant
- floodplain
- palaeoplain
- plainspoken
- plainswoman
- plainclothed
- plainspokenly
- plainspokenness