Easy

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/

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• Rhymes: -iːzi

Adjective

Easy (comparative eas, superlative ier)

Positive Easy

Comparative eas

Superlative ier

1. Requiring little skill or effort.

   The teacher gave an easy test to her students.

2. (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.

3. (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

• ease

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

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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

Anagrams

• aesy,
• ayes
• eyas
• saye
• yeas

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