different between complaisant vs clement
complaisant
English
Etymology
From French complaisant (“willing to please”), from complaire, from Latin complac?re, present active infinitive of complace? (“please well”), from com- (“with”) + place? (“please”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?m?ple?s?nt/
- Homophone: complacent
- (US) IPA(key): /k?m?ple?s?nt/, /k?m?ple?z?nt/
Adjective
complaisant (comparative more complaisant, superlative most complaisant)
- Compliant.
- Willing to do what pleases others; obliging.
- (archaic) Polite; showing respect.
Usage notes
- Complaisant should not be confused with its homophone, complacent.
Derived terms
- complaisantly
Related terms
- complaisance
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.pl?.z??/
Verb
complaisant
- present participle of complaire
Adjective
complaisant (feminine singular complaisante, masculine plural complaisants, feminine plural complaisantes)
- complaisant, obliging, eager to please
Derived terms
- mari complaisant
Further reading
- “complaisant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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clement
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin cl?m?ns.
Adjective
clement (comparative more clement, superlative most clement)
- Lenient or merciful; charitable.
- a 1891, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, published 1924, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
- Your clement sentence they would account pusillanimous.
- a 1891, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, published 1924, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 18, [1]
- Mild (said of weather and similar circumstances).
- 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,
- The weather is clement, though there was a downpour yesterday and I was obliged to take precautions.
- 1992, A. B. Yehoshua, Mr. Mani, translated by Hillel Halkin, New York: Doubleday, pp. 314-5,
- The earth was still dry and the air was perfectly clement.
- 1984, Edna O'Brien, "The Bachelor" in A Fanatic Heart, New York: Plume, p. 66,
Antonyms
- inclement
Related terms
- clemency
Translations
References
Romanian
Etymology
From French clément, from Latin clemens.
Adjective
clement m or n (feminine singular clement?, masculine plural clemen?i, feminine and neuter plural clemente)
- clement
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