menial (redirected from menials)

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 [ˈmiːnɪəl]

adj

1. consisting of or occupied with work requiring little skill, esp domestic duties such as cleaning

2. of, involving, or befitting servants

3. servile

n

1. a domestic servant

2. a servile person

[from Anglo-Norman meignial, from Old French meinie household. See meiny]

menially  adv

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

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 low-paid menial jobs such as cleaning
low-status high, noble, elevated, dignified, aristocratic, autocratic

noun

servant, domestic, attendant, lackey, labourer, serf, underling, drudge, vassal (archaic), dogsbody (informal), flunky, skivvy (chiefly Brit.), varlet (archaic) The name 'beef-eater' was aimed at any well-fed menial.
servant lord, boss, chief, master, commander, superior, baas (S. African)

Translations

menial [ˈmiːnɪəl]

A. ADJ (= lowly) → servil; (= domestic) → doméstico, de la casa
menial work → trabajo m de baja categoría

B. N (= servant) → sirviente/a m/f

menial [ˈmiːniəl] adj [job, task] → subalterne

menial

adj → niedrig, untergeordnet; she regards no task as too menial for her → sie betrachtet keine Arbeit für unter ihrer Würde; the menial staff → die (unteren) Dienstboten, das Gesinde

n (pej) → Dienstbote m → /-botin f

menial [ˈmiːnɪəl] adj (position) → subalterno/a; (work, task) → umile, servile