No. 5,392 in French
basic
In French, "basic" means "simple or fundamental."
In a sentence
Les cours de français sont très basiques et ne couvrent que les fondamentaux.
The French classes are very basic and only cover the fundamentals.
Here, "basiques" is used to describe the simplicity or fundamental nature of the French courses.
Pour un programme si basique, les résultats sont pourtant impressionnants.
For such a basic program, the results are nonetheless impressive.
In this sentence, "basique" expresses that the program is simple or foundational.
Il a expliqué la théorie en termes très basiques afin que tout le monde puisse comprendre.
He explained the theory in very basic terms so that everyone could understand.
The term "basique" here refers to simplifying complex matters into an easy and fundamental form.
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