different between attendant vs menial

English

Alternative forms

• attendaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English attendant, attendaunt, from Old French attendant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?nd?nt/

Noun

attendant (plural attendants)

1. One who attends; one who works with or watches over something.

2. A servant or valet.
3. (chiefly archaic) A visitor or caller.
4. That which accompanies or follows.
5. (law) One who owes a duty or service to another.

Translations

Adjective

attendant (comparative more attendant, superlative most attendant)

1. Going with; associated; concomitant.
2. (law) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.

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Translations

See also

• part and parcel

French

Pronunciation

Verb

attendant

1. present participle of attendre

Derived terms

• en attendant
• en attendant que

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /at?ten.dant/, [ät??t??n?d?än?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /at?ten.dant/, [?t??t??n?d??n?t?]

Verb

attendant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of attend?

English

Etymology

From Middle English meinial, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin mansionata, from Latin mansi?nem, accusative singular of mansi? (“house”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: m?'n??l, IPA^(key): /?mi?ni.?l/

Adjective

menial (comparative more menial, superlative most menial)

1. Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
2. Of or relating to unskilled work.
3. Servile; low; mean.

   a menial wretch

Translations

Noun

menial (plural menials)

1. A servant, especially a domestic servant.
2. A person who has a subservient nature.

Related terms

• mansion
• maison, maisonette
• menage

Translations

Anagrams

• Elamin, Melian