different between simples vs similes

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Noun

simples

1. plural of simple

Verb

simples

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?sim.pl?s/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?sim.ples/

Adjective

simples

1. plural of simple

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??pl/

Adjective

simples

1. plural of simple

Noun

simples m

1. plural of simple

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

simples

1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative neuter singular of simpel

Mirandese

Adjective

simples m or f (plural simples)

1. simple

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese simplez, from Latin simplex.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?s?.pl??/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?s?.plis/, [?s???????.pl??s?]
• Hyphenation: sim?ples

Adjective

simples (plural simples, comparable)

1. simple

Derived terms

Spanish

Adjective

simples m pl or f pl

1. plural of simple

English

Noun

similes

1. plural of simile

Anagrams

• mislies, missile, slimies, smilies

Latin

Adjective

simil?s

1. nominative masculine plural of similis
2. nominative feminine plural of similis
3. accusative masculine plural of similis
4. accusative feminine plural of similis
5. vocative masculine plural of similis
6. vocative feminine plural of similis