aisé
French
Etymology
From Old French aisié (“eased”), past participle of aisier (“to put at ease”). More at easy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ.ze/, /e.ze/
Adjective
aisé (feminine aisée, masculine plural aisés, feminine plural aisées)
- easy to do, with ease, simple, effortless
- Il est aisé de participer.
- Une lettre qui n’est pas aisée à lire.
- wealthy, with no money problems, affluent, prosperous, on easy street, in easy circumstances
- Dans ce quartier ne vivent que des familles aisés.
- smooth, fluid (about a movement or a conversation)
- (obsolete) Said about clothes that are very (too) comfortable to wear
Derived terms
Further reading
- “aisé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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