servil
English
Adjective
servil (comparative more servil, superlative most servil)
- Obsolete spelling of servile.
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
servil m or f (masculine and feminine plural servils)
Derived terms
- servilment
Related terms
Further reading
- “servil”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
servil (masculine and feminine servil, neuter servilt, definite singular and plural servile)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
servil (neuter servilt, definite singular and plural servile)
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin servilis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /seʁˈviw/ [seɦˈviʊ̯]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /seɾˈviw/ [seɾˈviʊ̯]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /seʁˈviw/ [seʁˈviʊ̯]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /seɻˈviw/ [seɻˈviʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈvil/ [sɨɾˈviɫ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈbil/ [sɨɾˈβiɫ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɨɾˈvi.li/
- Homophone: serviu (Brazil)
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -il, (Brazil) -iw
- Hyphenation: ser‧vil
Adjective
servil m or f (plural servis)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “servil”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French servile, from Latin servilis.
Adjective
servil m or n (feminine singular servilă, masculine plural servili, feminine and neuter plural servile)
Declension
singular | plural | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
nominative- accusative |
indefinite | servil | servilă | servili | servile | |||
definite | servilul | servila | servilii | servilele | ||||
genitive- dative |
indefinite | servil | servile | servili | servile | |||
definite | servilului | servilei | servililor | servilelor |
Related terms
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /seɾˈbil/ [seɾˈβ̞il]
- Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: ser‧vil
Adjective
servil m or f (masculine and feminine plural serviles)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “servil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024