English [ ]
Etymology [ ]
Fusion of Middle English esy , aisie "eased, at ease, at leisure" (from Old French aisie "eased, at ease, at leisure", past participle of aisier "to put at ease", from aise "elbow room", of uncertain origin) and Middle English ethe , eythe "easy, smooth, not difficult" (from Old English ēaþe , īeþe "easy, smooth, not difficult"). Akin to Old Saxon ōði "easy", Old High German ōdi "easy", Old Norse auð- "easy", Old English ēadiġ "happy, blessed", Gothic audags "happy". More at ease , eath
Pronunciation [ ]
IPA : /ˈi:zi/
Rhymes: -iːzi
Adjective [ ]
Easy (comparative eas , superlative ier )
Requiring little skill or effort .
The teacher gave an easy test to her students.
( informal , pejorative , of a person) Consenting readily to sex .
She has a reputation for being easy ; they say she's slept with half the senior class.
( now rare Template:Context 5 ) Comfortable .
In the middle of the room was a fluffy easy chair.
Now that I know it's taken care of, I can rest easy at night.
Synonyms [ ]
( consenting readily to sex ) : fast
( requiring little skill or effort ) : trivial
See also Wikisaurus:easy
Antonyms [ ]
( requiring little skill or effort ) : difficult , hard , uneasy , challenging
Derived terms [ ]
easiness , uneasiness
easily , uneasily
easy as pie
easy chair
easy peasy
Related terms [ ]
Translations [ ]
requiring little skill or effort
Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Ancient Greek : ῤᾴδιος (rhadios)
Arabic: سهل ar (ar) (sahl)
Armenian: հեշտ hy (hy) (hešt)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 容易 cmn (cmn) (róngyì), 簡單 cmn (cmn) , 简单 cmn (cmn) (jiǎndān)
Czech: snadný cs (cs) , jednoduchý cs (cs)
Danish: let da (da) , nem da (da)
Dutch: makkelijk nl (nl) , gemakkelijk nl (nl)
Esperanto: facila eo (eo)
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: helppo fi (fi)
French: facile fr (fr)
Georgian: ადვილი ka (ka) (advili)
German: leicht de (de) , einfach de (de)
Greek: εύκολος el (el) (éfkolos)
Hebrew: קל he (he) (kal), פשוט he (he) (pashút)
Hindi: आसान hi (hi) (āsān)
Hungarian: könnyű hu (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Ido : facila io (io)
Indonesian: mudah id (id) , gampang id (id)
Irish: furasta ga (ga)
Italian: facile it (it)
Japanese: 簡単な ja (ja) (かんたんな, kantan-na), 易い ja (ja) (やすい, yasui), , 容易 ja (ja) (ようい, yōi)
Korean: 쉬운 ko (ko) (swiun)
Latin: facilis la (la)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Maori: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: lett no (no) m. , f. , and n. , lette no (no) pl. , enkel no (no) m. and f. , enkelt no (no) n. , enkle no (no) pl.
Occitan : aisit oc (oc)
Persian: آسان fa (fa) (âsân)
Polish: łatwy pl (pl) m.
Portuguese: fácil pt (pt)
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: лёгкий ru (ru) (ljógkij) m. (read: ljóxkij), простой ru (ru) (prostój) m.
Scottish Gaelic : soirbh gd (gd) , furasda gd (gd)
Spanish: fácil es (es)
Swahili: rahisi sw (sw)
Swedish: lätt sv (sv)
Thai: ง่าย th (th) (ngâai)
Turkish: kolay tr (tr)
Urdu: آسان ur (ur) (āsān)
Vietnamese: dễ dàng vi (vi)
Welsh: please add this translation if you can
consenting readily to sex
Chinese:
Mandarin: 隨便 cmn (cmn) , 随便 cmn (cmn) (suíbiàn)
Czech: ochotný cs (cs)
Danish: let på tråden da (da) , nem da (da)
Dutch: makkelijk nl (nl) , gemakkelijk nl (nl)
Finnish: helppo fi (fi)
French: facile fr (fr) m. and f.
Indonesian: gampangan id (id)
Norwegian: lett på tråden no (no) m. , f. , and n. , lette på tråden no (no) pl.
Russian: податливый ru (ru) (podátlivyj)
Spanish: fácil es (es)
Swahili: rahisi sw (sw)
comfortable — see comfortable
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations .
Translations to be checked
Albanian : i lehtë sq (sq)
Cantonese : 易做的 (yi6 jou6 dik1)
Esperanto : facila
German : leicht de (de) , einfach de (de)
Gujarati : સરળ (saraḷ)
Icelandic : auðveldur is (is)
Korean : 쉬운 ko (ko) (swiun)
Kurdish : ئاسان
Malayalam : എളുപ്പം (eLuppam)
Marathi : सुलभ (sulabha)
Norwegian : lett no (no)
Persian : آسان
Portuguese : fácil pt (pt)
Punjabi : ਅਸਾਨ (asān)
Romanian : uşor , simplu
Sanskrit : सरल (sarala)
Serbian : лак (lak)
Swedish : lätt sv (sv)
Telugu : సులువైన (suluvaina)
Thai : ง่าย th (th) (ngai)
Turkish : kolay tr (tr) , basit tr (tr)
Vietnamese : dễ vi (vi) , dễ dàng vi (vi)
Welsh : hawdd , rhwydd
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