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Plainspoken

Definitions: Plainspoken

Plainspoken

Adjective

1. Using simple and direct language; "a plainspoken country doctor".

2. Characterized by disconcerting directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Plainspoken

Synonyms: blunt (adj), candid (adj), forthright (adj), frank (adj), free-spoken (adj), outspoken (adj), point-blank (adj). (additional references)

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Modern Translations: Plainspoken

Language Translations for "plainspoken"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

откровен (candid, forthright, guileless, ingenuous, open, openhearted, outright, plain, point blank, round, simple minded, simple-hearted, sincere, straight, transparent, unvarnished), прям (above board, bluff, bluffy, blunt, candid, direct, downright, forthright, free-spoken, honest, open, outright, outspoken, plain, round, sincere, straight out, straightaway, straightforward, unaffected, unreserved). (various references)

   

Czech

  

přímý (above board, direct, downright, firsthand, forthright, head on, immediate, nonstop, non-stop, outright, outspoken, Plumb, plump, point blank, right, Square, straight, straightforward, through, upright), upřímný (candid, direct, fair dealing, feeling, Frank, free-hearted, genuine, heartfelt, heart-to-heart, heart-whole, honest, ingenuous, on the up and up, open, open-hearted, outspoken, plain, simple, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, transparent, true, true-hearted, unaffected, unreserved), otevřený (above board, avowed, barefaced, blunt, direct, Frank, free-spoken, honest, open, open-hearted, outspoken, overt, raw, straightforward, unclosed, undone, unreserved). (various references)

   

French

  

qui a son franc-parler (plain spoken). (various references)

   

Italian

  

schietto (bare, candid, downright, forthcoming, Frank, natural, open, outright, outspoken, straightforward). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ainspokenplay

   

Portuguese

  

sincero (artless, candid, convinced, cordial, deep, direct, downright, dyeing machine, Frank, freehearted, guileless, hearth, hearty welcome, honest, in earnest, ingenuous, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, simple, simple-hearted, sincere, single-hearted, straight, straightforward, strong, true, true-hearted, unaffected, undisguised, unfeigned, unvarnished, whole-hearted, whole-souled), homem da planície, franco (above board, bluff, candid, clear, direct, downright, dyed-in-the, forthwith, France, Frank, freehearted, guileless, honest, ingenuous, largely, non-partisan, open-hearted, outright, outspoken, plain, plump, simple, simple-hearted, sincere, single-hearted, straightforward, unconcealed, undisguised, unequivocal), claro (articulate, bright, broad, certain, clean, clear, clearly, distinct, evident, fair, flyaway, fresh, light, lightsome, limpid, Lucerne, lucid, luculent, neat, obvious, of course, open, open and shut, overt, pellucid, perspiration, plain, pure, self-explanatory, simple, slip on, specific, tangible, transparent, transpicuous, unambiguous, unclouded, unequivocal, unmistakable, water-repellent, watertight), aberto (Frank, gaping, ingenuous, inlet, naked eye, open, open-hearted, outspread, outstrip, pervious, staring, unclosed, unobstructed). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

откровенный (candid, downright, forthright, frank, freehearted, free-hearted, free-spoken, outgiving, outspoken, plain-spoken, self-confessed, straightforward, unreserved). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

prostosrdačan, otvoren (above board, blunt, candid, downright, forthright, heart-to-heart, open, open-faced, openhearted, outdoor, outgoing, out-of-door, outspoken, overt, plain, sightly, through, unclosed, undisguised). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

franco (aboveboard, bald, blunt, candid, clear, direct, evident, exempt, forthright, foursquare, franc, Frank, free, freehearted, freely, gratis, hearty, honest, naked, open, open-faced, outright, outspoken, plain, straightforward, toll free, unenslaved, untrapped). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

frispråkig (candid, free, free speech, free-speech, free-spoken, outspoken). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

patavatsız (blunt, gauche, harum scarum, headfirst, headforemost, headlong, indiscreet, out of turn, plump, politically incorrect, tactless, thoughtless, unadvised, without tact), lafını sakınmayan (outspoken, undiplomatic), açık sözlü (bluff, blunt, expansive, explicit, forthcoming, Frank, free-spoken, honest, ingenuous, outspoken, plain spoken, plump, straight out, unreserved). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

відвертий (above board, candid, direct, expansive, forthright, free-hearted, nude, open, outgiving, outright, outspoken, plain, professed, self-confessed, unreserved, upstanding), прямий (above board, bald, barefaced, bounden, candid, direct, downright, erect, forthright, ostensive, outright, outspoken, perpendicular, point blank, spadish, straight, straightforward, through). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Plainspoken

Derivations

Words beginning with "plainspoken": plainspokenness, plainspokennesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Plainspoken

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-i-k-l-n-n-o-p-p-s"

-2 letters: panoplies.

-3 letters: kaolines, opalines, saponine, skiplane, soaplike, solanine.

-4 letters: alkines, alpines, anisole, applies, epinaos, epsilon, espanol, kaoline, kaolins, koppies, lippens, napkins, nappies, nipples, nonpeak, nonslip, opaline, pension, pineals, pinesap, pinkens, pinkoes, pinoles, pinones, poplins, saponin, senopia, solanin, sonlike, spaniel, splenia.

-5 letters: aliens, alines, alkies, alkine, aloins, alpine, alsike, anions, ankles, anoles, appels, apples, appose.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-i-k-l-n-n-o-p-p-s"
 

+3 letters: panleukopenias.

 

+4 letters: plainspokenness.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Plainspoken


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 6C 61 69 6E 73 70 6F 6B 65 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01101100 01100001 01101001 01101110 01110011 01110000 01101111 01101011 01100101 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#108 &#97 &#105 &#110 &#115 &#112 &#111 &#107 &#101 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 006C 0061 0069 006E 0073 0070 006F 006B 0065 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5078677580858281777180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations 		5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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Franse taal, Frans, franceze, francez, frëngjisht, frëng, frëngjishte, ‏فرنسي, ‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, gall, френски език, френски, Pranses, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzština, francouzský, franskur, franskt, ranskalainen, français, Frânsk, französisch, γάλλοσ, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, צרפתי, צרפתית, francia, Fraincis, francese, フレコン化 , フランス" , 仏文 , 仏 , ふつぶ", フレンチ , フランセ , ふつ, "랑스, Perancis, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, frances, franses, francês, francezii, francezã, franţuzesc, franţuzeşte, французский, Falani, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, sí-Fulentji, fransk, franska, fransızca, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransız, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький, Ffrengig, isiFulentshi, for French;
Italianer, Italiaans, Italiaan, ‏شخص إيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏الإيطالي, ‏إيطالي, Italianu, италиански език, италиански, италианец, Italyano, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italština, italský, ital, italiener, italienskt, italialainen, Italien, Italjaansk, italienisch, Ιταλός, italisht, איטלקי, איטלקית, olasz, Ítali, IodÚilis, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, Włoch, italianã, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, итальянский язык, итальянский, итальянец, Italia, italijanski, italijanski jezik, italijan, sí-Taliyáne, italienare, italiensk, italienska, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, ชาวอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка, for Italian;
Portugees, portugez, portugalisht, ‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски език, португалски, португалец, Potuges, 葡萄牙语, 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙語 , portugalský, portugiser, portugisiskt, portugalilainen, portugais, Portugeesk, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, Portaingéilis, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, portugues, Portugalczyk, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalski, portugalac, portugués, Mreno, si-Putúkezi, portugis, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, portekizce, португальська мова, португальський, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha, for Portuguese;
Russies, Rus, ‏الروسية, ‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, Rusu, руски, руски език, руснак, Rusyan, 俄語 , 俄语, 俄文 , ruština, ruský, russer, russur, russiskt, venäläinen, Russysk, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, rússneskur, Rússi, Rúisis, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, russisk, Rosjanin, русский, Lusia, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, sí-Rashîya, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga, for Russian;
塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, for Serbo-Croatian;
Spaans, Spaanse taal, spanjoll, ‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, espanyoles, Espanyol, 西班牙语, 西班牙文 , 西班牙語 , španìlský, španìlština, spanskt, espanjalainen, espagnol, Spaansk, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, karaiñe'êmegua, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, SpÚinnis, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainagh, Spaainish, spañó, espanhol, espanhòl, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, spaniol, испанский, Sipaniolo, španski jezik, španski, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyolca, ispanyol, іспанська мова, іспанський, for Spanish;
Sweeds, suedez, ‏اللغة السويدية, Suecu, шведски език, шведски, швед, Swedis, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, svenskt, ruotsalainen, suédois, Sweedsk, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, sænskur, Sualainnis, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, suèc, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển, for Swedish;
Turks, turk, ‏تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, ‏اللغة التركية, Turcu, турски, турски език, Turko, 土耳其, 土耳其語 , tureètina, turecký, turkist, turkkilainen, turque, turc, Turksk, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türk, türkçe, турецька мова, турецький, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ, for Turkish;
乌克兰, for Ukranian;