complaisant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complacēre, present active infinitive of complaceō (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + placeō (“please”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəmˈpleɪsənt/
- Homophone: complacent
- (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpleɪsənt/, /kəmˈpleɪzənt/
Adjective[edit]
complaisant (comparative more complaisant, superlative most complaisant)
Usage notes[edit]
- Complaisant should not be confused with its homophone, complacent.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
compliant
willing to do what pleases others
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polite
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French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
complaisant
Adjective[edit]
complaisant (feminine complaisante, masculine plural complaisants, feminine plural complaisantes)
- complaisant, obliging, eager to please
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “complaisant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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