simples

Etymology

See simple.

As an interjection, "Simples!", a humorous alteration of "Simple!", was originally the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in a TV advertisement for price comparison website comparethemarket.com.

Noun

simples

1. plural of simple

Verb

simples

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of simple

Interjection

simples

1. (Britain, slang, humorous) Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.
   • 2009 April 14, "jamie powell" (username), "Re: Satellite dish acquires wrong 'bird'", in uk.tech.digital-tv, Usenet:

     There is no potential for takeover of the state of Pakistan by a rag-tag bunch of trumped-up nobodies with battered guns, and therefore no threat to the west. simples!

   • 2010 March 25, Mike Jones, "Re: And Jeremiah The Prophet Said:", in alt.talk.creationism and other newsgroups, Usenet:

     So you claim. So, put whatcha got on the table, or STFU. ¶ Simples.

   • 2010 August 10, "AC" (username), "Re: HD coverage of the Nascar Race and Indy car races makes the F1 coverage look like Crap", in rec.autos.sport.f1, Usenet:

     Look, the vast majority of F1 viewers don't have HD TV. There for the numbers don't add up. When they do, you will have your HD TV. Simples.

   • 2013 August 4, Matthew Bell, "It's a very good 17 days to bury bad news" in The Independent (London):

     Controversial plans to replace appointed peers with elected senators, longed for by the Lib Dems, were seemingly given a new berth among the leftovers of Sam Cam's veg box. Simples!

   • 2016 July 4, John Crace, "Up really is down on Mummy Leadsom's amazing journey", in The Guardian (London):

     Most things will go through on the nod. Simples. Everything will be fixed by Christmas.

Adjective

simples

1. plural of simple

Adjective

simples

1. plural of simple

Noun

simples m

1. plural of simple

Adjective

simples

1. inflected form of simpel

Adjective

simples m, f (plural simples)

1. simple

Etymology

From Old Portuguese simplez, from Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsĩ.plɨʃ/
• Hyphenation: sim‧ples

Adjective

simples (plural simples, comparable)

1. simple

Adjective

simples m pl, f pl

1. plural of simple