"user-friendly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: user-friendlier [comparative], more user-friendly [comparative], user-friendliest [superlative], most user-friendly [superlative]
Etymology: user + friendly Etymology templates: {{af|en|user|friendly}} user + friendly Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} user-friendly (comparative user-friendlier or more user-friendly, superlative user-friendliest or most user-friendly)
  1. (chiefly computing) Designed to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: ergonomic, userfriendly, user friendly Related terms: user-friendliness Translations (designed to be easy to use): i lehtë për t'u përdorur (Albanian), 容易使用的 (róngyì shǐyòng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 好用 (hǎoyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), 人性化 (rénxìnghuà) (Chinese Mandarin), uživatelsky přívětivý (Czech), brugervenlig (Danish), gebruikersvriendelijk (Dutch), gebruiksvriendelijk (Dutch), afabla (Esperanto), nýtsluvinarligur (Faroese), käyttäjäystävällinen (Finnish), helppokäyttöinen (Finnish), convivial (French), ergonomique (French), benutzerfreundlich (German), יְדִידוּתִי לַמִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ (yedidutí lamishtamésh) [masculine] (Hebrew), felhasználóbarát (Hungarian), mudah digunakan (Indonesian), facile da usare (Italian), ユーザーフレンドリー (yūzāfurendorī) (Japanese), 使用者の使いやすい (shiyōsha-no tsukai-yasui) (alt: しようしゃのつかいやすい) (Japanese), brukervennlig (Norwegian Bokmål), brukarvenleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), brukarvennleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), کاربرپسند (kârbar-pasand) (Persian), prosty w obsłudze (Polish), amigável (Portuguese), дру́жественный для по́льзователя (drúžestvennyj dlja pólʹzovatelja) (english: no exact term exists) (Russian), лёгкий в испо́льзовании (ljóxkij v ispólʹzovanii) (Russian), užívateľsky prívetivý (Slovak), užívateľsky príjemný (Slovak), amigable (Spanish), fácil de usar (Spanish), fácil para el usuario (Spanish), användarvänlig (Swedish), tiện lợi (Vietnamese)

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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "i lehtë për t'u përdorur"
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          "roman": "róngyì shǐyòng de",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "容易使用的"
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "nýtsluvinarligur"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "käyttäjäystävällinen"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "facile da usare"
        },
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          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yūzāfurendorī",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "ユーザーフレンドリー"
        },
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          "alt": "しようしゃのつかいやすい",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "shiyōsha-no tsukai-yasui",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "使用者の使いやすい"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "brukervennlig"
        },
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "brukarvennleg"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "kârbar-pasand",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "کاربرپسند"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "prosty w obsłudze"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "amigável"
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          "code": "ru",
          "english": "no exact term exists",
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          "roman": "drúžestvennyj dlja pólʹzovatelja",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "дру́жественный для по́льзователя"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ljóxkij v ispólʹzovanii",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "лёгкий в испо́льзовании"
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          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "užívateľsky prívetivý"
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "amigable"
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "användarvänlig"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
          "word": "tiện lợi"
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  "word": "user-friendly"
}
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      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "róngyì shǐyòng de",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "容易使用的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎoyòng",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "好用"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rénxìnghuà",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "人性化"
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      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "uživatelsky přívětivý"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "brugervenlig"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "gebruikersvriendelijk"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "gebruiksvriendelijk"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "afabla"
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      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "nýtsluvinarligur"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "käyttäjäystävällinen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "helppokäyttöinen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "convivial"
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      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "ergonomique"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "benutzerfreundlich"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "yedidutí lamishtamésh",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "felhasználóbarát"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "mudah digunakan"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "facile da usare"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yūzāfurendorī",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "ユーザーフレンドリー"
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    {
      "alt": "しようしゃのつかいやすい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shiyōsha-no tsukai-yasui",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "使用者の使いやすい"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "brukervennlig"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "brukarvenleg"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "brukarvennleg"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "kârbar-pasand",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "کاربرپسند"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "prosty w obsłudze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "amigável"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "no exact term exists",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drúžestvennyj dlja pólʹzovatelja",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "дру́жественный для по́льзователя"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljóxkij v ispólʹzovanii",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "лёгкий в испо́льзовании"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "užívateľsky prívetivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "užívateľsky príjemný"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "amigable"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "fácil de usar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "fácil para el usuario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "användarvänlig"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "designed to be easy to use",
      "word": "tiện lợi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "user-friendly"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.