subservient

English

Etymology

From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“I serve under”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

subservient (comparative more subservient, superlative most subservient)

Useful in an inferior capacity.
Obsequiously submissive.

Translations

useful in an inferior capacity

Chinese:
Mandarin: 次要的 (cìyàode), 次要 (zh) (cìyào)
Czech: podřízený

Finnish: alamainen (fi)
Occitan: asservit, subaltèrn, subordonat

obsequiously submissive

Chinese:
Mandarin: 恭顺 (zh) (gōngshùn)
Czech: servilní
Finnish: nöyristelevä, alamainen (fi)
French: servile (fr)

Irish: spleách
Occitan: servil
Portuguese: subserviente (pt)
Spanish: servil (es)

See also

Latin

Verb

subservient

third-person plural future active indicative of subserviō

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