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servile
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin serv?lis, from servus (“slave”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s??(?).?va?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s??.v?l/, /?s??.?va?l/
Adjective
servile (comparative more servile, superlative most servile)
- of or pertaining to a slave.
- submissive or slavish.
- (grammar) Not belonging to the original root.
- (grammar) Not sounded, but serving to lengthen the preceding vowel, like the e in tune.
Antonyms
- (submissive or slavish): authoritarian, arrogant
Derived terms
- servility
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 serv?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s??.vil/
Adjective
servile (plural serviles)
- servile, slavish, subservient
Related terms
- serf
- servilement
- servilité
- servir
Further reading
- “servile” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- leviers, lièvres, livrées
Italian
Etymology
From Latin serv?lis.
Adjective
servile
- servile
Related terms
- servire
- servitù
- servo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ser?u?i?.le/, [s??r?u?i????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ser?vi.le/, [s?r?vi?l?]
Etymology 1
Neuter adverbial accusative use of serv?lis (“servile, slavish”).
Adverb
serv?le (not comparable)
- (rare) like a slave, slavishly, servilely
Synonyms
- serv?liter
Etymology 2
Adjective
serv?le
- nominative neuter singular of serv?lis
- accusative neuter singular of serv?lis
- vocative neuter singular of serv?lis
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humble
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?h?mb?l/
- (obsolete, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??mb?l/
- Rhymes: -?mb?l
- Hyphenation: hum?ble
Etymology 1
From Middle English humble, from Old French humble, umble, humle, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek ??????? (khamalós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”). See homage, and compare chameleon, humiliate. Displaced native Old English ?aþm?d.
The verb is from Middle English humblen (“to humble”).
Adjective
humble (comparative humbler or more humble, superlative humblest or most humble)
- Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
- 17th century, Abraham Cowley, The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches
- The wise example of the heavenly lark.
Thy fellow poet, Cowley, mark,
Above the clouds let thy proud music sound,
Thy humble nest build on the ground.
- The wise example of the heavenly lark.
- 17th century, Abraham Cowley, The Shortness of Life and Uncertainty of Riches
- Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
- Synonyms: unassuming, modest
- Near the ground.
- 1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Harper Brothers:
- "Humble?" said Charlotte. "'Humble' has two meanings. It means 'not proud' and it means 'near the ground.' That's Wilbur all over. He's not proud and he's near the ground.
- 1952, E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Harper Brothers:
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:humble
Antonyms
- arrogant
- snobby
- presumptuous
- smug
Derived terms
Related terms
- humbleness
- humiliate
- humiliation
- humility
Translations
Verb
humble (third-person singular simple present humbles, present participle humbling, simple past and past participle humbled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
- (transitive, often reflexive) To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
Synonyms
- abase, lower, depress, humiliate, mortify, disgrace, degrade
Derived terms
- humblehood
- humbleness
- humbler (agent noun)
- humbly
Translations
Noun
humble (plural humbles)
- (Baltimore, slang) An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.
Etymology 2
From Middle English *humblen, *humbelen (suggested by humblynge (“a humming, a faint rumbling”)), frequentative of Middle English hummen (“to hum”), equivalent to hum +? -le.
Verb
humble (third-person singular simple present humbles, present participle humbling, simple past and past participle humbled)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To hum.
Derived terms
- humblebee
Etymology 3
Noun
humble (plural humbles)
- (Northern England, Scotland, also attributive) Alternative form of hummel.
Verb
humble (third-person singular simple present humbles, present participle humbling, simple past and past participle humbled)
- (transitive) Alternative form of hummel.
Further reading
- humble in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- humble in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin humilis (“low, slight, hence mean, humble”) (compare Greek ??????? (khamalós, “on the ground, low, trifling”)), from humus (“the earth, ground”), humi (“on the ground”).
Pronunciation
- (mute h) IPA(key): /œ?bl/
- Rhymes: -œ?bl
- Homophone: humbles
Adjective
humble (plural humbles)
- humble
Related terms
- àmha
- à mon humble avis
- humblement
- humiliation
- humilier
- humilité
Further reading
- “humble” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Adjective
humble m (oblique and nominative feminine singular humble)
- Alternative form of umble
Declension
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