plain

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun extensive tract of level open land
  2. noun a basic knitting stitch
  3. verb express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

Etymology

From Middle English pleyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pleyn, playn, Middle French plain, plein, and Old French plain, from Latin plānus (“flat, even, level, plain”). Doublet of llano, piano, and plane.

In classic literature

Synonyms

field, champaign

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