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user-friendly

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Designed to be easy for an untrained user to use, with intuitive ordering of steps, consistent and logical placement of controls, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

easy to use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From user + friendly.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: i lehtë për t'u përdorur — designed to be easy to use
  • Chinese Mandarin: 容易使用的 (róngyì shǐyòng de) — designed to be easy to use
  • Chinese Mandarin: 好用 (hǎoyòng) — designed to be easy to use
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人性化 (rénxìnghuà) — designed to be easy to use
  • Czech: uživatelsky přívětivý — designed to be easy to use
  • Danish: brugervenlig — designed to be easy to use
  • Dutch: gebruikersvriendelijk — designed to be easy to use
  • Dutch: gebruiksvriendelijk — designed to be easy to use
  • Esperanto: afabla — designed to be easy to use
  • Faroese: nýtsluvinarligur — designed to be easy to use
  • Finnish: käyttäjäystävällinen — designed to be easy to use
  • Finnish: helppokäyttöinen — designed to be easy to use
  • French: convivial — designed to be easy to use
  • French: ergonomique — designed to be easy to use
  • German: benutzerfreundlich — designed to be easy to use
  • Hebrew: יְדִידוּתִי לַמִּשְׁתַּמֵּשׁ (yedidutí lamishtamésh) — designed to be easy to use
  • Hungarian: felhasználóbarát — designed to be easy to use
  • Icelandic: notendavænn — designed to be easy to use
  • Indonesian: ramah pengguna — designed to be easy to use
  • Italian: facile da usare — designed to be easy to use
  • Japanese: ユーザーフレンドリー (yūzāfurendorī) — designed to be easy to use
  • Japanese: 使用者の使いやすい (shiyōsha-no tsukai-yasui) — designed to be easy to use
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brukervennlig — designed to be easy to use
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brukarvenleg — designed to be easy to use
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brukarvennleg — designed to be easy to use
  • Persian: کاربرپسند (kârbar-pasand) — designed to be easy to use
  • Polish: łatwy w obsłudze — designed to be easy to use
  • Portuguese: amigável — designed to be easy to use
  • Russian: дру́жественный для по́льзователя (drúžestvennyj dlja pólʹzovatelja) — designed to be easy to use
  • Russian: лёгкий в испо́льзовании (ljóxkij v ispólʹzovanii) — designed to be easy to use
  • Slovak: užívateľsky prívetivý — designed to be easy to use
  • Slovak: užívateľsky príjemný — designed to be easy to use
  • Spanish: amigable — designed to be easy to use
  • Spanish: fácil de usar — designed to be easy to use
  • Spanish: fácil para el usuario — designed to be easy to use
  • Swedish: användarvänlig — designed to be easy to use
  • Vietnamese: tiện lợi — designed to be easy to use
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