"convenient" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kənˈviːniənt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˈvinjənt/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-convenient.ogg [US] Forms: more convenient [comparative], most convenient [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English convenient, from Latin conveniens (“fit, suitable, convenient”), present participle of convenire (“to come together, suit”); see convene and compare covenant. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|convenient}} Middle English convenient, {{der|en|la|conveniens||fit, suitable, convenient}} Latin conveniens (“fit, suitable, convenient”), {{m|la|convenire||to come together, suit}} convenire (“to come together, suit”), {{m|en|convene}} convene, {{m|en|covenant}} covenant Head templates: {{en-adj}} convenient (comparative more convenient, superlative most convenient)
  1. Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient. Synonyms: expedient, simple, easy Translations (of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient): εὐμαρής (eumarḗs) (Ancient Greek), مُنَاسِب (munāsib) (Arabic), مُلَائِم (mulāʔim) (Arabic), հարմար (harmar) (Armenian), уңайлы (uñaylı) (Bashkir), egoki (Basque), eroso (Basque), зру́чны (zrúčny) (Belarusian), удо́бен (udóben) (Bulgarian), улесняващ (ulesnjavašt) (Bulgarian), convenient (Catalan), 方便 (fāngbiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), pohodlný (Czech), geschikt (Dutch), gemakkelijk (Dutch), gelegen (Dutch), handig (Dutch), konvena (Esperanto), oportuna (Esperanto), mukava (Finnish), kätevä (Finnish), sopiva (Finnish), commode (French), pratique (French), convénient (French), conveniente (Galician), მოხერხებული (moxerxebuli) (Georgian), მოსახერხებელი (mosaxerxebeli) (Georgian), შესაფერისი (šesaperisi) (Georgian), სათანადო (satanado) (Georgian), კომფორტული (ḳomporṭuli) (Georgian), bequem (German), einfach (German), gelegen (German), genehm [obsolete] (German), günstig (German), passend (German), praktisch (German), 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃 (gatils) (Gothic), βολικός (volikós) (Greek), נוח (noakh) [masculine] (Hebrew), נוחה (nokha) [feminine] (Hebrew), kényelmes (Hungarian), hentugur (Icelandic), conveniente (Interlingua), sásta (Irish), áiseach (Irish), acrach (Irish), áisiúil (Irish), conveniente (Italian), comodo (Italian), 便利 (benri) (alt: べんり) (Japanese), 편리하다 (pyeollihada) (Korean), 편하다 (pyeonhada) (Korean), commodus (Latin), opportūnus (Latin), ērts (Latvian), зго́ден (zgóden) (Macedonian), по́годен (pógoden) (Macedonian), по́волен (póvolen) (Macedonian), удобен (udoben) (Macedonian), konvenjenti (Maltese), c'mode [Jersey] (Norman), praktisk (Norwegian), hendich (Plautdietsch), dogodny (Polish), conveniente (Portuguese), cómodo [Portugal] (Portuguese), cômodo [Brazil] (Portuguese), comod (Romanian), удо́бный (udóbnyj) (Russian), सुगम (sugama) (Sanskrit), goireasach (Scottish Gaelic), зго̏дан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), у̏добан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), zgȍdan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ȕdoban [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pohodlný (Slovak), udoben (Slovene), conveniente (Spanish), cómodo (Spanish), praktisk (Swedish), elverişli (Turkish), kullanışlı (Turkish), münasip (Turkish), muvâfık (Turkish), rahat (Turkish), uygun (Turkish), зру́чний (zrúčnyj) (Ukrainian), tiện lợi (Vietnamese), cyfleus (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-convenient-en-adj-WmE4yClN Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient': 94 2 3
  2. Suspicious due to suiting someone's purposes very well.
    Sense id: en-convenient-en-adj-l93QhWab
  3. (obsolete) Fit; suitable; appropriate. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-convenient-en-adj-1HkNtDpc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 5 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: convene, convenience, conveniently

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          "word": "kätevä"
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          "word": "commode"
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          "code": "ka",
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          "roman": "satanado",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "სათანადო"
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          "word": "günstig"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "passend"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "praktisch"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "gatils",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "volikós",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "βολικός"
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "eumarḗs",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "εὐμαρής"
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "noakh",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "נוח"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "nokha",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "נוחה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "kényelmes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "hentugur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "conveniente"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "sásta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "áiseach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "acrach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "áisiúil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "conveniente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "comodo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "alt": "べんり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "benri",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "便利"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pyeollihada",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "편리하다"
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          "word": "commodus"
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "opportūnus"
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          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "ērts"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zgóden",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "зго́ден"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "pógoden",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "по́годен"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "póvolen",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "по́волен"
        },
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "udoben",
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          "word": "удобен"
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          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "praktisk"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "hendich"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "dogodny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "conveniente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "tags": [
            "Portugal"
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          "word": "cómodo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "tags": [
            "Brazil"
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          "word": "cômodo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "comod"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "udóbnyj",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "удо́бный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "sugama",
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "sl",
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          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "udoben"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "conveniente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "cómodo"
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "praktisk"
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          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "elverişli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "kullanışlı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "münasip"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "muvâfık"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "rahat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "uygun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zrúčnyj",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "зру́чний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
          "word": "tiện lợi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 2 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "munāsib",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "مُنَاسِب"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mulāʔim",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "مُلَائِم"
    },
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "harmar",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "հարմար"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "uñaylı",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "уңайлы"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "egoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "eroso"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "zrúčny",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "зру́чны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "udóben",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "удо́бен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ulesnjavašt",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "улесняващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "convenient"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāngbiàn",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "方便"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "pohodlný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "geschikt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "gemakkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "gelegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "handig"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "konvena"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "oportuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "mukava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "kätevä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "sopiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "commode"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "pratique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "convénient"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "conveniente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moxerxebuli",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "მოხერხებული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mosaxerxebeli",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "მოსახერხებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šesaperisi",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "შესაფერისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "satanado",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "სათანადო"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳomporṭuli",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "კომფორტული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "bequem"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "einfach"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "gelegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "genehm"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "günstig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "passend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "praktisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "gatils",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌹𐌻𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "volikós",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "βολικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eumarḗs",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "εὐμαρής"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "noakh",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "נוח"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "nokha",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "נוחה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "kényelmes"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "hentugur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "conveniente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "sásta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "áiseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "acrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "áisiúil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "conveniente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "comodo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "べんり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "benri",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "便利"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pyeollihada",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "편리하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "pyeonhada",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "편하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "commodus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "opportūnus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "ērts"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zgóden",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "зго́ден"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pógoden",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "по́годен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "póvolen",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "по́волен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "udoben",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "удобен"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "konvenjenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "c'mode"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "praktisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "hendich"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "dogodny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "conveniente"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal"
      ],
      "word": "cómodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil"
      ],
      "word": "cômodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "comod"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "udóbnyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "удо́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "sugama",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "सुगम"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "goireasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "зго̏дан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "у̏добан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "zgȍdan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȕdoban"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "pohodlný"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "udoben"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "conveniente"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "cómodo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "praktisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "elverişli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "kullanışlı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "münasip"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "muvâfık"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "rahat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "uygun"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zrúčnyj",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "зру́чний"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "tiện lợi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of or pertaining to convenience; simple; easy; expedient",
      "word": "cyfleus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "convenient"
}

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