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semplice

/ˈsɛmplɪtʃeɪ/adverb

semplice is an adverb meaning “(To be played) simply, without embellishments” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-E-M-P-L-I-C-E, and it appears about once in every 33 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does semplice mean?

adverb

  1. 1

    (To be played) simply, without embellishments.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce semplice?

  • /ˈsɛmplɪtʃeɪ/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-semplice.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

How common is semplice?

Semplice appears about once in every 33 million words in written English, the 176,009th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Where does semplice come from?

Borrowed from Italian semplice.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).