servile

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English servyle, from Old French servil, servile, from Latin servīlis, from servus (“slave”). By surface analysis, serve +‎ -ile. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː(ɹ)ˌvaɪl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈsəɹ.vəl/, /ˈsəɹˌvaɪl/ === Adjective === servile (comparative more servile, superlative most servile) Excessively eager to please; obsequious. Slavish or submissive. Synonym: abject Antonyms: arrogant, authoritarian Of or pertaining to a slave. (grammar) Not belonging to the original root. (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== serve servant slave ==== Translations ==== === Noun === servile (plural serviles) (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root. A slave; a menial. ==== Antonyms ==== radical === Anagrams === leviers, relives, reviles, veilers == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin servīlis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɛʁ.vil/ === Adjective === servile (plural serviles) servile, slavish, subservient ==== Related terms ==== serf servilement servilité servir === Further reading === “servile”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === leviers, lièvres, livrées == Italian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin servīlis. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /serˈvi.le/ Rhymes: -ile Hyphenation: ser‧vì‧le ==== Adjective ==== servile m or f by sense (plural servili, adverb servilmente) servile (grammar) modal (of verbs, auxiliaries, etc.) Synonym: modale verbo servile ― modal verb ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== servile in Treccani.it – Sinonimi e Contrari (2003), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Etymology 2 === From servi +‎ -le. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.vi.le/ Rhymes: -ɛrvile Hyphenation: sèr‧vi‧le ==== Verb ==== servile compound of servi, the second-person singular imperative form of servire, with le === References === == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛrˈwiː.ɫɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [serˈviː.le] === Adjective === servīle nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of servīlis === See also === servīliter == Middle English == === Adjective === servile alternative form of servyle == Spanish == === Verb === servile second-person singular voseo imperative of servir combined with le