"subservient" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-subservient.ogg [US] Forms: more subservient [comparative], most subservient [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin subserviens, present active of subservio (“I serve under”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ser- (guard)}}, {{uder|en|la|subserviens}} Latin subserviens, {{m|la|subservio||I serve under}} subservio (“I serve under”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} subservient (comparative more subservient, superlative most subservient)
  1. Useful in an inferior capacity. Translations (useful in an inferior capacity): съдействащ (sǎdejstvašt) (Bulgarian), помощен (pomošten) (Bulgarian), 次要的 (cìyàode) (Chinese Mandarin), 次要 (cìyào) (Chinese Mandarin), podřízený (Czech), alamainen (Finnish), അധീനമായ (adhīnamāya) (Malayalam), വിധേയമായ (vidhēyamāya) (Malayalam), asservit (Occitan), subaltèrn (Occitan), subordonat (Occitan)
    Sense id: en-subservient-en-adj-odpXxVAa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'useful in an inferior capacity': 97 3
  2. Obsequiously submissive. Translations (obsequiously submissive): раболепен (rabolepen) (Bulgarian), 恭顺 (gōngshùn) (Chinese Mandarin), servilní (Czech), nöyristelevä (Finnish), alamainen (Finnish), servile (French), lakaienhaft (German), servil (German), untertänig (German), spleách (Irish), servil (Occitan), subserviente (Portuguese), раболепный (rabolepnyj) (Russian), servil (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-subservient-en-adj-9EqFVNo1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'obsequiously submissive': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: obedient, subordinate

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