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1 vendu au pouvoir en place
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2 inféoder
inféoder verb table: aimerA vtr2 Hist to enfeoff.[ɛ̃feɔde] verbe transitif2. [soumettre] to dominate————————s'inféoder à verbe pronominal plus prépositionPOLITIQUE to become subservient ou subjected to -
3 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 -
4 carpette
n. f.1. 'Creep', 'crawler', subservient character.2. 'Funk', 'quitter', gutless person. (The original meaning of the word: hearth-rug, explains its colloquial extensions.) -
5 excuser
v. trans. Excusez-moi de vous demander pardon! This jocular and slightly tongue-incheek expression became famous in the 60s through Fernand Raynaud, one of the top French comedians of the period. Raynaud's forte was in portraying the subservient underdog in French society. -
6 pas
n. m.a (lit.): To follow close behind someone.b (fig.): To copy someone in a subservient manner. Une fois lancée la bonne idée, ils se sont tous donné le mot pour lui emboîter le pas: Once it was clear the idea was viable, manufacturers trod a trail of copycat patents.2. Ça ne se trouve pas sous le pas d'un cheval! (iron.): 'lt doesn't grow on trees, you know!'—It's pretty scarce!3. Mettre quelqu'un au pas (fig.): To make someone 'toe the line', to force someone to obey an order. Et comment qu'il l'a mis au pas! He certainly told him where he stood, no messing!4. Sauter le pas: To 'take the plunge', to make a drastic decision.5. Mauvais pas: 'Scrape', difficult situation. Je l'ai tiré d'un mauvais pas! I got him out of that mess he was in!
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subservient — 1 *auxiliary, subsidiary, contributory, ancillary, adjuvant, accessory Analogous words: *subordinate, secondary, dependent, subject 2 Subservient, servile, slavish, menial, obsequious can mean showing or characterized by extreme compliance or… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Subservient — Sub*serv i*ent, a. [L. subserviens, entis, p. pr. See {Subserve}.] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. [1913 Webster] Scarce ever reading anything… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
subservient — UK US /səbˈsɜːviənt/ adjective ► willing to do what another person, organization, etc. wants, and considering your aims or wishes to be less important than those of others: »a subservient position/role subservient to sb/sth »Critics say the… … Financial and business terms
subservient — [adj1] extremely compliant abject, acquiescent, a slave to*, at one’s beck and call*, at one’s mercy*, bootlicking, cowering, cringing, dancing, deferential, docile, fawning, ignoble, inferior, in one’s clutches*, in one’s pocket*, in one’s… … New thesaurus
subservient — I adjective abject, accessory, adjuvant, aidful, aiding, ancillary, auxiliary, base, contributory, cringing, deferential, dependent, enslaved, fawning, helpful, inferior, ingratiating, junior, lesser, lower, menial, ministrant, obedient, obeisant … Law dictionary
subservient — (adj.) 1630s, useful, serviceable, from L. subservientem (nom. subserviens), prp. of subservire assist, lend support, from sub under (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + servire serve (see SERVE (Cf. serve)). The meaning slavishly obedient … Etymology dictionary
subservient — ► ADJECTIVE 1) prepared to obey others unquestioningly; obsequious. 2) less important; subordinate. DERIVATIVES subservience noun … English terms dictionary
subservient — [səb sʉr′vēənt] adj. [L subserviens, prp. of subservire, to SUBSERVE] 1. that is useful, helpful, or of service, esp. in an inferior or subordinate capacity 2. submissive; obsequious subserviently adv … English World dictionary
subservient — sub|ser|vi|ent [səbˈsə:viənt US ˈsə:r ] adj [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of subservire to serve, be subservient , from servire to serve ] 1.) always obeying another person and doing everything they want you to do used… … Dictionary of contemporary English
subservient — adjective Etymology: Latin subservient , subserviens, present participle of subservire Date: circa 1626 1. useful in an inferior capacity ; subordinate 2. serving to promote some end 3. obsequiously submissive ; truckling • subserviently adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
subservient — [[t]səbsɜ͟ː(r)viənt[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n If you are subservient, you do whatever someone wants you to do. Her willingness to be subservient to her children isolated her. Derived words: subservience [[t]səbsɜ͟ː(r)viəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT … English dictionary