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plain [pleɪn]1. adjectivea. ( = obvious) clair• it must be plain to everyone that... il doit être clair pour tout le monde que...• it is plain from his comments that... ses remarques montrent clairement que...• he made it quite plain that he would never agree il a bien fait comprendre qu'il n'accepterait jamaisb. ( = unambiguous) clair• in plain English, I think you made a mistake je vous le dis carrément, je pense que vous vous êtes trompé• do I make myself plain? est-ce que je me fais bien comprendre ?c. ( = sheer) pur (et simple)d. ( = simple) simple ; ( = in one colour) uni• one plain, one purl (Knitting) une maille à l'endroit, une maille à l'enverse. ( = not pretty) quelconque2. adverbb. ( = simply) (inf) tout bonnement3. nounplaine f4. compounds* * *[pleɪn] 1.noun plaine f2.1) ( simple) [dress, food, language] simple; [building, furniture] sobre2) [background, fabric] uni; [envelope] sans inscription; [paper] ( unlined) non réglé; ( unheaded) libreunder plain cover — Postal services sous pli discret
3) euph ( unattractive) [woman] quelconque4) ( obvious) évident, clair5) ( direct) [answer, language] franc/franchein plain English, this means that... — en clair, ceci veut dire que...
6) (tjrs épith) ( downright) [common sense] simple (before n); [ignorance, laziness] pur et simple (after n)7) [yoghurt, crisps, rice] nature inv8) ( in knitting) [stitch, row] à l'endroit3.adverb [stupid, wrong] tout bonnement••to be plain sailing — [project, task etc] marcher comme sur des roulettes
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A nB adj1 ( simple) [dress, decor, food, living, language] simple ; [building, furniture] sobre ; plain cooking cuisine f simple ; she's a good plain cook elle fait une bonne cuisine simple ; a plain man un homme simple ;2 ( of one colour) [background, fabric] uni ; [envelope] sans inscription ; a sheet of plain paper ( unheaded) une feuille de papier libre ; ( unlined) une feuille de papier non reglé ; a plain blue dress une robe toute bleue ; under plain cover Post sous pli discret ;3 euph ( unattractive) [woman] quelconque ; she's rather plain elle a un visage quelconque, elle n'a rien d'une beauté ;5 ( obvious) évident, clair ; it was plain to everyone that he was lying il était évident pour tout le monde qu'il mentait ; it's a plain fact that il est bien clair que ; it is plain from this report that il est clair d'après ce rapport que ; she's jealous, it's plain to see elle est jalouse, ça saute aux yeux ; her suffering was plain to see on ne pouvait pas ignorer sa souffrance ; to make it plain to sb that faire comprendre clairement à qn que ; let me make myself quite plain, I'm not going que ce soit bien clair, je n'y vais pas ; do I make myself plain? suis-je bien clair? ; she made her irritation quite plain elle n'a pas caché son irritation ;6 ( direct) [answer, language] franc/franche ; plain speaking franchise f ; there was plenty of plain speaking tout le monde a eu son franc-parler ; can't you speak in plain English? tu ne peux pas parler en termes simples? ; in plain English, this means that en clair, ceci veut dire que ; the plain truth of the matter is that la vérité est que ;7 ( tjrs épith) ( downright) [common sense] simple (before n) ; [ignorance, laziness] pur et simple (after n) ;8 ( ordinary) I knew him when he was plain Mr Spencer je l'ai connu quand il s'appelait M. Spencer tout court ;9 ( unflavoured) [yoghurt, crisps, rice] nature inv ;10 ( in knitting) à l'endroit.C adv1 ( completely) [stupid, wrong] tout bonnement, tout simplement ; plain lazy tout bonnement paresseux ;2 ( directly) I can't put it any plainer than that je ne peux pas être plus clair.to be as plain as day être clair comme l'eau de roche ; to be plain sailing [project, task etc] marcher comme sur des roulettes.
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