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)

1. Useful in an inferior capacity.
2. Obsequiously submissive.

Translations

Useful in an inferior capacity

• Czech: podřízený m, podlézavý
• Finnish: alamainen (fi)

• Occitan: asservit, subaltèrn, subordonat

Obsequiously submissive

• Czech: patolízalský m
• Finnish: nöyristelevä, alamainen (fi)
• French: servile (fr)
• Irish: spleách

• Occitan: servil
• Portuguese: subserviente (pt)
• Spanish: servil (es)

See also

• obedient
• subordinate

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Latin

Verb

subservient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of subserviō