Dictionary · French

simplifier

verb

Senses

  1. 1.

    to simplify

    to make something less complicated or easier to understand

  2. 2.

    to reduce

    to make something shorter, smaller, or more streamlined

Examples

  • "Pour clarifier le message, nous devons simplifier le texte."

    To clarify the message, we need to simplify the text.

  • "La technologie aide à simplifier les tâches quotidiennes."

    Technology helps simplify everyday tasks.

  • "Il a simplifié la formule mathématique pour la rendre plus accessible."

    He simplified the mathematical formula to make it more accessible.

Usage

Common in both formal and informal registers. Often used in educational, technical, and administrative contexts. The reflexive form "se simplifier" means "to become simpler" or "to simplify oneself".

Conjugation

Full table

Présent

indicative
jesimplifie
tusimplifies
il/ellesimplifie
noussimplifions
voussimplifiez
ils/ellessimplifient

Imparfait

indicative
jesimplifiais
tusimplifiais
il/ellesimplifiait
noussimplifiions
voussimplifiiez
ils/ellessimplifiaient

Passé Simple

indicative
jesimplifiai
tusimplifias
il/ellesimplifia
noussimplifiâmes
voussimplifiâtes
ils/ellessimplifièrent

Futur Simple

indicative
jesimplifierai
tusimplifieras
il/ellesimplifiera
noussimplifierons
voussimplifierez
ils/ellessimplifieront