No. 652 in French

facile

Easy.

In a sentence

Cette tâche est facile à accomplir.
This task is easy to accomplish.
The word 'facile' is used as an adjective describing the noun 'tâche', indicating that it is easy to accomplish.
Les étudiants trouvent que cette matière est facile.
The students find that this subject is easy.
Here, 'facile' is used again as an adjective describing 'matière', conveying the straightforwardness of the subject.
Il semble que ce chemin soit le plus facile.
It seems that this path is the easiest.
The word 'facile' in this case serves as an adjective in a superlative context ('le plus facile'), describing the comparative easiness of the 'chemin'.

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