complaisant (redirected from complaisances)

com·plai·sant  (km-plsnt, -znt)

adj.

Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging.

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[French, from Old French, present participle of complaire, to please, from Latin complacre; see complacent.]

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com·plaisant·ly adv.

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complaisant [kəmˈpleɪz^ənt]

adj

showing a desire to comply or oblige; polite

[from French complaire, from Latin complacēre to please greatly; compare complacent]

complaisantly  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

complaisant - showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover"; "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" obliging accommodating, accommodative - helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

Translations

complaisant [kəmˈpleɪzənt] ADJ (gen) → servicial, cortés; [wife, husband] → consentido, sumiso

complaisant [kəmˈpleɪz^ənt] (old-fashioned) adj → complaisant(e)

complaisant

adj, complaisantly

adv → gefällig, entgegenkommend; smile → wohlwollend