simplicité
French, noun/sɛ̃.pli.si.te/
simplicité is spelled S-I-M-P-L-I-C-I-T-É (10 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simplicité is a French feminine noun meaning “simplicity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualité de ce qui n’est pas composé”.
What does simplicité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesimplicity
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Qualité de ce qui n’est pas composé. 2. Caractère de ce qui n’est pas compliqué. 3. Caractère de ce qui est sans apprêt, sans recherche. 4. Qualité de ce qui est sans détours, sans déguisement.
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.
Forms of simplicité
- simplicités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce simplicité?
- /sɛ̃.pli.si.te/
- \sɛ̃.pli.si.te\
- [la sɛ̃.pli.si.te]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to simplicité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simplicité in French?
simplicité appears 11 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).