servile

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin servīlis, from servus (“slave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsəɹ.vəl/, /ˈsə(ɹ)v.aɪl/ (US)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsə(ɹ)v.aɪl/ (UK)

Adjective

servile (comparative more servile, superlative most servile)

1. of or pertaining to a slave.
   • Alexander Pope

     Even fortune rules no more, O servile land!

2. submissive or slavish.

   servile flattery; servile obedience

3. (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.

   a servile letter

4. (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.

Noun

servile (plural serviles)

1. (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root.

Anagrams

• leviers, relives, reviles, veilers

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin servīlis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.vil/

Adjective

servile (plural serviles)

1. servile, slavish, subservient

Further reading

• “servile” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• leviers, lièvres, livrées

Etymology

From Latin servīlis.

Adjective

servile

1. servile

Adjective

servīle

1. nominative neuter singular of servīlis
2. accusative neuter singular of servīlis
3. vocative neuter singular of servīlis