different between facile vs opportune

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French facile, from Latin facilis (“easy to do, easy, doable”), from faci? (“I do, make”). Compare Spanish fácil ("easy").

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fa.s??l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?fæ.s?l/

Adjective

facile (comparative more facile, superlative most facile)

1. Easy, now especially in a disparaging sense; contemptibly easy. [from 15th c.]
   • , vol.I, New York, 2001, p.243:

     as he that is benumbed with cold sits shaking, that might relieve himself with a little exercise or stirring, do they complain, but will not use the facile and ready means to do themselves good […].

2. (now rare) Amiable, flexible, easy to get along with. [from 16th c.]

   His facile disposition made him many friends.

3. Effortless, fluent (of work, abilities etc.). [from 17th c.]
   • 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 54:

     we can learn the impression that he made upon a stranger and a foreigner at this period, thanks to the facile pen of Fannu Burney.

   • 1974, Graham Greene, The Honorary Consul, Pocket Books, New York, p.54:

     "Discipline," Jorge Julio Saavedra was repeating, "is more necessary to me than to other more facile writers.

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 372:

     A facile and persuasive writer, he also turned out countless newspaper articles on Russian aims in Central Asia and how best these could be thwarted.

4. Lazy, simplistic (especially of explanations, discussions etc.). [from 19th c.]
   • 2012, Chris Huhne, The Guardian, 3 May 2012:

     There is a facile view that our green commitments – to tackling climate change, avoiding air and water pollution, protecting natural habitats – are an obstacle to growth. The message of the commodity markets is surely different.

5. (chemistry) Of a reaction or other process, taking place readily.

   Decarboxylation of beta-keto acids is facile...

Synonyms

• (skillful): See also Thesaurus:skillful

Related terms

• facilitation
• facilitative
• facilitate
• facilitator
• facilitatory
• facility

Translations

• Kyrgyz: ????? (ky) (ceñil), ??? ????? (ky) (til alg?ç), ?????? (ky) (köngüç), ????? (ky) (elpek)

Further reading

• facile in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• facile in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• facile at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• fecial

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa?tsi.le/

Adverb

facile

1. easily

Antonyms

• malfacile (“with difficulty”)

Related terms

• facila (“easy”)
• facili (“to be easy”)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facilis (“easy”), from faci? (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.sil/
• Homophone: faciles
• Hyphenation: fa?cile

Adjective

facile (plural faciles)

1. easy, simple

   Antonym: difficile (“difficult”)

2. (derogatory, chiefly of women) easy, promiscuous (consenting readily to sex)

Usage notes

The preposition de is used with an impersonal subject, and à with a non-impersonal one.

Derived terms

• avoir la gâchette facile
• fille facile
• plus facile à dire qu'à faire

Related terms

• faire

Further reading

• “facile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ficela

Interlingua

Adjective

facile (comparative plus facile, superlative le plus facile)

1. easy

Antonyms

• difficile

Italian

Etymology

From Latin facilis (“easy”), from faci? (“I do, make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa.t??i.le/
• Rhymes: -at?ile

Adjective

facile (plural facili)

1. easy
2. cosy
3. effortless

Derived terms

• facilmente

Related terms

• facilità
• facilitare
• facilone
• fare

Anagrams

• cefali
• fecali

Latin

Etymology 1

From the neuter accusative case form of facilis.

Alternative forms

• facul (anteclass.)

Adverb

facile (comparative facilius, superlative facillim?)

1. easily

   Synonym: faciliter

Etymology 2

Adjective

facile

1. nominative neuter singular of facilis
2. accusative neuter singular of facilis
3. vocative neuter singular of facilis

References

• facile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• facile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.

Middle French

Etymology

1441, borrowed from Latin facilis.

Adjective

facile m or f (plural faciles)

1. easy (not difficult)

References

English

Etymology

From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.

Adjective

opportune (comparative more opportune, superlative most opportune)

1. Suitable for some particular purpose.

2. At a convenient or advantageous time.

Synonyms

• (suitable): appropriate, proper; see also Thesaurus:suitable
• (convenient time): seasonable, timesome; see also Thesaurus:timely

Antonyms

• (all): inopportune
• (suitable): inappropriate, improper; see also Thesaurus:unsuitable
• (convenient time): unseasonable, untime; see also Thesaurus:untimely

Related terms

• opportunity
• opportuneness

Translations

Danish

Adjective

opportune

1. definite of opportun
2. plural of opportun

French

Adjective

opportune

1. feminine singular of opportun

Italian

Adjective

opportune

1. feminine plural of opportuno

Latin

Etymology 1

Adverb

opport?n? (comparative opport?nius, superlative opport?nissim?)

1. favourably; seasonably; opportunely

Etymology 2

Adjective

opport?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of opport?nus

References

• opportune in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• opportune in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• opportune in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette