menial

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• mē'nēəl
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• /ˈmiːni.əl/
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• CMU ARPABET: M IY1 N IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: слугински (sluginski) — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Bulgarian: лакейски (lakejski) — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Catalan: labor — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Chinese Mandarin: 低微的 — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Chinese Mandarin: 卑微的 — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Finnish: avustava — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• French: ancillaire — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Galician: labor — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• German: untergeordnet — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Italian: servile — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Japanese: 賎しい (iyashii) — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Japanese: 下賎な (gesen na) — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Russian: лакейский (lakejskij) — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Serbo-Croatian: služinski — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Serbo-Croatian: lakejski — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Serbo-Croatian: lakajski — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Swedish: underlydande — of or relating to work normally performed by a servant
• Arabic: وَضِيع (waḍīʕ) — of or relating to unskilled work
• Bulgarian: непохватен (nepohvaten) — of or relating to unskilled work
• Finnish: yksinkertainen — of or relating to unskilled work
• French: subalterne — of or relating to unskilled work
• German: nieder — of or relating to unskilled work
• German: niedrig — of or relating to unskilled work
• Japanese: 単純労働の (tanjun rōdō no) — of or relating to unskilled work
• Māori: poroteke — of or relating to unskilled work
• Māori: porotieke — of or relating to unskilled work
• Norwegian Bokmål: nedrig — of or relating to unskilled work
• Norwegian Bokmål: lavstatuspreget — of or relating to unskilled work
• Norwegian Bokmål: ufaglært — of or relating to unskilled work
• Spanish: de baja categoría — of or relating to unskilled work
• Spanish: de poca importancia — of or relating to unskilled work
• Bulgarian: слуга (sluga) — domestic servant
• Bulgarian: лакей (lakej) — domestic servant
• Catalan: criat — domestic servant
• Catalan: minyona — domestic servant
• Dutch: dienaar — domestic servant
• Dutch: dienares — domestic servant
• Dutch: bediende — domestic servant
• Dutch: meid — domestic servant
• Dutch: knecht — domestic servant
• French: domestique — domestic servant
• Galician: servente — domestic servant
• German: Hausdiener — domestic servant
• German: Domestik — domestic servant
• Japanese: 召し使い (meshitsukai) — domestic servant
• Māori: wheteke — domestic servant
• Middle English: meyneal — domestic servant
• Russian: слуга (sluga) — domestic servant
• Serbo-Croatian: sluga — domestic servant
• Serbo-Croatian: služinče — domestic servant
• Spanish: criado — domestic servant
• Swedish: tjänare — domestic servant
• Swedish: underlydande — domestic servant
• Swedish: tjänstefolk — domestic servant
• Esperanto: servemulo — subservient person
• German: unterwürfige Person — subservient person
• German: untertäniger Mensch — subservient person
• Māori: poroteke — subservient person
• Māori: tia — subservient person