menial

me·ni·al  (mn-l, mnyl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to work or a job regarded as servile.

2. Of, relating to, or appropriate for a servant.

n.

1. A servant, especially a domestic servant.

2. A person who has a servile or low nature.

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[Middle English meinial, belonging to a household, from Anglo-Norman meignial, from meignee, household, from Vulgar Latin *mnsinta, from Latin mnsi, mnsin-, house; see mansion.]

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meni·al·ly adv.

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menial [mean-nee-al]

Adjective

involving or doing boring work of low status

Noun

a domestic servant [Old French meinie household]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	menial - a domestic servant servant, retainer - a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)
Adj.	1.	menial - used of unskilled work (especially domestic work) humble, lowly unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"

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menial

adjective 1. low-status, degrading, lowly, unskilled, low, base, sorry, boring, routine, dull, humble, mean, vile, demeaning, fawning, abject, grovelling, humdrum, subservient, ignominious, sycophantic, servile, slavish, ignoble, obsequious << OPPOSITE high

noun 2. servant, domestic, attendant, lackey, labourer, serf, underling, drudge, vassal (archaic) dogsbody (informal) flunky, skivvy chiefly Brit. varlet (archaic) << OPPOSITE master

Translations

menial [ˈmiːnɪəl] adj (pej) → bajo, servil

menial [ˈmiːnɪəl] adj → de domestique, inférieur(e); subalterne

menial [ˈmiːnɪəl] (often pej) adj → niedrig, untergeordnet

menial [ˈmiːnɪəl] adj → da servo, domestico/a; umile