• (British) IPA: /ˈsɜː(ɹ).ˌvaɪl/
• (America) IPA: /ˈsəɹ.vəl/, /ˈsəɹ.ˌvaɪl/

servile

1. of or pertaining to a slave.
   • 1703, Alexander Pope, transl., “The Thebais of Statius”, in The Works of Alexander Pope, London: H. Lintont et al., published 1751:

     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.

• (submissive or slavish) authoritarian, arrogant

• serve
• servant
• slave

• French: servile
• German: sklavisch
• Portuguese: servil
• Russian: ра́бский
• Spanish: servil

• German: unterwürfig
• Italian: adulatore, servile, leccapiedi
• Portuguese: servil
• Russian: раболе́пный
• Spanish: servil

servile (plural serviles)

1. (grammar) An element which forms no part of the original root.
2. A slave; a menial.

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