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2 servile
servile [sεʀvil]adjective* * *sɛʀvil1) ( soumis) [personne, attitude] servile; [fidélité, obéissance] slavish2) ( peu original) [adaptation] slavish; [traduction] over-literal* * *sɛʀvil adj* * *servile adj[sɛrvil] adjectif -
3 travail servile
[forme peu connue d’esclavage obligeant qqn à travailler pour rembourser un emprunt] servile labourDictionnaire juridique, politique, économique et financier > travail servile
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4 esclave
esclave [εsklav]masculine noun, feminine noun• être esclave de la mode/d'une habitude to be a slave of fashion/to habit* * *ɛsklav
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nom masculin et féminin slave* * *ɛsklav nm/f* * *A adj ( asservi) enslaved; ( servile) servile; être esclave de la mode/l'argent/devoir to be a slave to fashion/money/duty; être esclave de sa parole to be a prisoner of one's word.B nmf slave; mener une vie d'esclave to lead a slave's life or a life of slavery; se rendre l'esclave de qn gén to make oneself into sb's slave; ( par amour) to become enslaved to sb.[ɛsklav] adjectif1. SOCIOLOGIE2. (figuré)esclave de [assujetti à]: ne sois pas esclave de ses moindres désirs don't give in to her every whimêtre esclave de l'alcool/du tabac to be a slave to drink/to tobacco————————[ɛsklav] nom masculin1. SOCIOLOGIE slavel'esclave de a slave to, the slave of -
5 aplatir
aplatir [aplatiʀ]➭ TABLE 21. transitive verb[+ objet] to flatten ; [+ cheveux] to smooth down ; [+ pli] to smooth out ; [+ surface] to flatten out2. reflexive verb► s'aplatir [personne]s'aplatir contre un mur to flatten o.s. against a wall* * *aplatiʀ
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verbe transitif to flatten [carton, tôle]; to smooth out [coussin, oreiller]; to smooth down [cheveux]; to press [coutures, plis]
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s'aplatir (colloq) verbe pronominal ( être servile)* * *aplatiʀ vt* * *aplatir verb table: finirA vtr ( rendre plat) to flatten [carton, tôle]; to smooth out [coussin, oreiller]; to smooth down [cheveux]; to press [coutures, plis]; mon chapeau est tout aplati! my hat is all squashed!B vi ( au rugby) to score a try.C s'aplatir vpr1 ○( tomber) [personne] to fall flat (sur on);2 ○( s'immobiliser) [personne] to flatten oneself (contre against, dans in); aplatis dans le fossé, ils attendaient they waited, lying flat in the ditch;3 ( devenir plat) [chapeau] to get squashed; [carton] to be flattened;5 ○( être servile) s'aplatir devant qn to grovel in front of sb.[aplatir] verbe transitif1. [rendre plat - tôle, verre, surface] to flatten (out) ; [ - métal] to beat flat ; [ - terre, sol] to roll, to crush ; [ - rivet] to clench, to close ; [ - couture, pli] to press (flat), to smooth (out) ; [ - cheveux] to smooth ou to plaster down (separable)aplatir son nez contre la vitre to flatten ou to squash one's nose against the window4. SPORT————————s'aplatir verbe pronominal intransitif1. [être plat] to be flat2. [se coller] -
6 bassesse
bassesse [bαsεs]feminine noun( = mesquinerie) baseness* * *bɑsɛs1) ( caractère vil) baseness, lownessavec bassesse — [se comporter, agir] basely
2) ( acte vil) base ou despicable act* * *bɒsɛs nf1) (= caractère) baseness2) (= acte) base act* * *bassesse nf1 ( caractère vil) baseness, lowness; faire preuve de bassesse dans son attitude/ses actes to show baseness in one's attitude/one's actions; avec bassesse [se comporter, agir] basely;2 ( acte vil) base ou despicable act; commettre des bassesses to commit despicable acts; prêt à toutes les bassesses prepared to stoop to anything; obtenir une faveur à force de bassesses to obtain a favourGB through base actions.[basɛs] nom féminin1. [caractère vil] baseness[servilité] servility2. [action - mesquine] base ou despicable act ; [ - servile] servile act -
7 paillasson
paillasson [pajasɔ̃]masculine noun* * *pajasɔ̃nom masculin1) ( tapis) doormat2) ( personne servile) doormat* * *pajasɔ̃ nm* * *paillasson nm1 ( tapis) doormat;2 ( personne servile) doormat;3 Agric matting ¢;4 Culin grated and sautéed potatoes (pl).[pajasɔ̃] nom masculin1. [d'une entrée] doormat2. (familier) [personne] -
8 rampant
rampant, e [ʀɑ̃pɑ̃, ɑ̃t]adjective[animal] crawling ; [plante, inflation] creeping* * *rampante ʀɑ̃pɑ̃, ɑ̃t adjectif1) [animal] crawling; [tige] prostrate; [plante] creeping2) ( servile) [manières, personne] grovelling [BrE]3) ( insidieux) [idéologie, mal, inflation] creeping4) (colloq) Aviation5) Architecture [arc, voûte] rampant* * *A adj1 [animal, insecte] crawling; [tige] prostrate; [plante] creeping;2 ( servile) [manières, personne] grovellingGB;3 ( insidieux) [idéologie, mal, inflation] creeping;4 ○ Aviat personnel rampant ground staff;5 Archit [arc, voûte] rampant;B nm1 ○ Aviat member of the ground staff; les rampants the ground staff;3. [évoluant lentement]5. ARCHITECTURE [arc] rampant[pièce] raked————————nom masculin -
9 laquais
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10 putassier
1. [qui concerne la prostitution] whorish (très familier)2. [servile, obséquieux] ingratiating -
11 serf
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12 suivisme
sɥivism nm* * *suivisme nm blind conformity, herd instinct.[sɥivism] nom masculin[attitude d'imitation servile] follow-my-leader attitude -
13 botte
n. f.1. A toutes bottes: 'At full-pelt', at full speed.2. Lécher les bottes de quelqu'un: To 'suck up to someone', to flatter someone in a servile manner. (A 'crawler' in colloquial French is known as un léche-bottes.)3. En avoir plein les bottes: To be fed up to the back teeth. J'en ai plein les bottes de ses histoires de guerre! I'm sick up to here with his 'How-I-won-the-war' stories!a To 'do the dirty on someone', to play a dirty trick on someone.b To be a 'pain in the arse', to be a bloody nuisance to someone.5. Cirer ses bottes: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die.6. Ça fait ma botte: That suits me down to the ground. —That's fine by me.7. A propos de bottes: For no reason at all, irrelevantly. (A certain jocularity within the expression stems from its nonsensical nature.)8. Coup de botte: 'Tap', attempt at borrowing money. C'est le roi des coups de bottes! When it comes to getting subs out of people, he's second to none!9. Proposer la botte à quelqu'un: To 'proposition someone', to suggest sexual intercourse.10. Une botte de (also: des bottes de): 'Stacks of', 'masses', lots of. Elle a loupé des bottes d'occases! She's missed oodles of opportunities!11. Sortir dans la botte (sch.): To graduate 'summa cum laude' (with honours). Chiader la botte: To aim for a top degree.12. Botte de radis: 'Tootsies', toes.
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servile — [ sɛrvil ] adj. • mil. XIVe; lat. servilis 1 ♦ Didact. Propre aux esclaves et aux serfs, à leur état. Condition, travail servile. Théol. Œuvres serviles (opposé à libérales) : travaux manuels. 2 ♦ Fig. (plus cour.) Qui a un caractère de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Servile — Serv ile, a. [L. servile, fr. servus a servant or slave: cf. F. servile. See {Serve}.] 1. Of or pertaining to a servant or slave; befitting a servant or a slave; proceeding from dependence; hence, meanly submissive; slavish; mean; cringing;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
servile — Servile. adj. de tout genre. Qui appartient à l estat, à la fonction d un valet. Employ servile. homme de condition servile. On dit fig. Une ame, un esprit servile, pour dire, Une ame basse, un esprit qui a les sentimens, les manieres d agir d un … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
servile — late 14c., from L. servilis of a slave, servile, from servus slave (see SERVE (Cf. serve)). Earliest sense was legal, servile work being forbidden on the Sabbath; sense of cringing, fawning first recorded c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
servile — [sʉr′vəl, sʉr′vīl΄] adj. [ME < L servilis < servus, slave: see SERF] 1. of a slave or slaves 2. like that of slaves or servants [servile employment] 3. like or characteristic of a slave; humbly yielding or submissive; cringing; abject 4.… … English World dictionary
Servile — Serv ile, n. (Gram.) An element which forms no part of the original root; opposed to {radical}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
servile — I adjective abiectus, abject, compliant, deferential, downtrodden, fawning, groveling, harnessed, humble, humilis, ingratiating, low, mean, meek, menial, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, prostrate, respectful, servilis, slavish, subject,… … Law dictionary
servile — agg. [dal lat. servilis, der. di servus servo ]. 1. [di servo, proprio dei servi] ▶◀ schiavile. ◀▶ padronale. 2. a. (estens., spreg.) [di azione, comportamento, ecc., che asseconda la volontà altrui, spec. dei potenti, per viltà, interesse e… … Enciclopedia Italiana
servile — *subservient, menial, slavish, obsequious Analogous words: *mean, abject, ignoble: fawning, cringing, truckling, cowering (see FAWN) Antonyms: authoritative … New Dictionary of Synonyms
servile — [adj] grovelling, subservient abject, base, beggarly, bootlicking, craven, cringing, despicable, eating crow*, eating humble pie*, fawning, humble, ignoble, low, mean, obedient, obeisant, obsequious, passive, slavish, submissive, sycophantic,… … New thesaurus
servile — ► ADJECTIVE 1) excessively willing to serve or please others. 2) of or characteristic of a slave or slaves. DERIVATIVES servilely adverb servility noun. ORIGIN Latin servilis, from servus slave … English terms dictionary
