simplement
French, adverb/sɛ̃.plə.mɑ̃/
simplement is spelled S-I-M-P-L-E-M-E-N-T (10 letters) and appears 115 times per million words in written French, the 718th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simplement is a French adverb meaning “simply” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sans complication”.
What does simplement mean in English?
adverb
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simply
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Sans complication. 2. Seulement. 3. D’une manière simple, sans recherche, sans ornement. 4. Naïvement, sans détour.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce simplement?
- /sɛ̃.plə.mɑ̃/
- \sɛ̃.plə.mɑ̃\
- [sɛ̃.plǝ.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to simplement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simplement in French?
simplement appears 115 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).