Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

simples

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables
sim-ples
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.

British usage; Humorous; Slang

noun

plural of simple

Example Sentences

Etymology

See simple. As an interjection, “Simples!”, a humorous alteration of “Simple!”, was popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an advertising campaign for price comparison website comparethemarket.com.

Usage

Questions

What does simples mean?
Indicating that something is easy to do or to understand.
Where does simples come from?
See simple. As an interjection, “Simples!”, a humorous alteration of “Simple!”, was popularised as the broken-English catchphrase of a meerkat character in an advertising campaign for price comparison website comparethemarket.com.

How to pronounce simples

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