servil

English

Adjective

servil (comparative more servil, superlative most servil)

1. Obsolete spelling of servile.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin servilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [sərˈbil]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sərˈvil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seɾˈvil]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [serˈbil]

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Adjective

servil m or f (masculine and feminine plural servils)

1. servile

Derived terms

• servilment

Related terms

• serf
• servir

Further reading

• “servil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

servil (masculine and feminine servil, neuter servilt, definite singular and plural servile)

1. servile

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

servil (neuter servilt, definite singular and plural servile)

1. servile

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?

Proto-Italic *serwos

Latin servus

Proto-Indo-European *-elis

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -ilis

Latin -īlis

Latin servilislbor.

Portuguese servil

Learned borrowing from Latin servilis.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈviw/ [seɦˈviʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /seʁˈviw/ [seɦˈviʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /seɾˈviw/ [seɾˈviʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /seʁˈviw/ [seʁˈviʊ̯]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /seɻˈviw/ [seɻˈviʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈvil/ [sɨɾˈviɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈvil/ [sɨɾˈviɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈbil/ [sɨɾˈβiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɨɾˈvi.li/

• Homophone: serviu (Brazil)
• Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
• Hyphenation: ser‧vil

Adjective

servil m or f (plural servis)

1. servile
2. subservient

Derived terms

• servilmente

Related terms

• servir
• servo

Further reading

• “servil”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “servil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French servile, from Latin servilis.

Adjective

servil m or n (feminine singular servilă, masculine plural servili, feminine/neuter plural servile)

1. servile

Declension

Declension of servil

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	servil		servilă	servili	servile
	definite	servilul		servila	servilii	servilele
genitive- dative	indefinite	servil		servile	servili	servile
	definite	servilului		servilei	servililor	servilelor

Related terms

• servilitate

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.?

Proto-Italic *serwos

Latin servus

Proto-Indo-European *-elis

Proto-Italic *-elis

Latin -ilis

Latin -īlis

Latin servilisbor.

Spanish servil

Borrowed from Latin servilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɾˈbil/ [seɾˈβ̞il]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: ser‧vil

Adjective

servil m or f (masculine and feminine plural serviles)

1. servile

Derived terms

• servilismo
• servilmente

Related terms

• servidumbre
• servir
• siervo
• sirviente

Further reading

• “servil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025