menial

Meaning

Synonyms

servant
B2
lowly
C2
slave
B2
humble
B2
hireling
attendant
C1
subordinate
20k
obsequious
abject
29k
underling
40k
peon
33k
lackey
22k
flunky
36k
domestic
C1
low
B1
deteriorating
24k
footling
footman
28k
gentleman
B1
🤵‍♂️
immaterial
26k
immoral
C2
inconsequential
37k
inconsiderable
inferior
C2
insignificant
C2
laborer
25k
lightweight
C2
linkman
little
A1
low-level
21k
man
A1
👨
manservant
31k
marginal
30k
mean
A1
meanness
35k
minor
B2
negligible
37k
nickel-and-dime
paltry
30k
plain
B2
reverent
servility
servitor
small
A1
small-time
C2
supplementary
40k
trite
33k
trivial
C2
unimportant
C2
unimposing
Translations

niedrig
criado
Knecht
knechtisch
Diener
subalterne
adi
bayağı
ancillaire
knecht
valet
servil
lacayo
servil
hizmetçi
Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈmiːni.əl/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
meyneal
In summary

From Middle English meyneal, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō (“house”).

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