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Meaning of "complaisant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD COMPLAISANT

From French complaire, from Latin complacēre to please greatly; compare complacent.
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PRONUNCIATION OF COMPLAISANT

complaisant  [kəmˈpleɪzənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMPLAISANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Complaisant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COMPLAISANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Compliance

Compliance can mean: ▪ In mechanical science, the inverse of stiffness ▪ In healthcare: ▪ Compliance, a patient's adherence to a recommended course of treatment ▪ Compliance, the tendency of a hollow organ to resist recoil toward its original dimensions ▪ Pulmonary compliance, change in lung volume for applied or dynamic pressure ▪ Compliance, responding favorably to a request offered by others ▪ Regulatory compliance, adherence to standards, regulations, and other requirements ▪ Environmental compliance, conforming to environmental laws, regulations, standards and other requirements ▪ Compliance, released in 2012 ▪ Standards compliant, meaning compliance to web standards...

Definition of complaisant in the English dictionary

The definition of complaisant in the dictionary is showing a desire to comply or oblige; polite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMPLAISANT


byzant
ˈbɪzənt
cicatrisant
ˌsɪkəˈtraɪzənt
cicatrizant
ˌsɪkəˈtraɪzənt
cognisant
ˈkɒɡnɪzənt
cognizant
ˈkɒɡnɪzənt
doesn´t
ˈdʌzənt
hasn´t
ˈhæzənt
incognisant
ɪnˈkɒɡnɪzənt
incognizant
ɪnˈkɒɡnɪzənt
isn´t
ˈɪzənt
peasant
ˈpɛzənt
pleasant
ˈplɛzənt
precognisant
priːˈkɒɡnɪzənt
precognizant
priːˈkɒɡnɪzənt
present
ˈprɛzənt
recognisant
rɪˈkɒɡnɪzənt
recognizant
rɪˈkɒɡnɪzənt
uncomplaisant
ˌʌnkəmˈpleɪzənt
unpleasant
ʌnˈplɛzənt
wasn´t
ˈwɒzənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMPLAISANT

complacence
complacencies
complacency
complacent
complacently
complain
complainant
complainer
complainingly
complainings
complaint
complaints procedure
complaisance
complaisantly
complanate
complanation
compleat
complect
complected
complement

WORDS THAT END LIKE COMPLAISANT

antidepressant
brisant
croissant
depressant
en passant
immunosuppressant
incessant
marxisant
Maupassant
obeisant
Ouessant
passant
pissant
practisant
puissant
sant
soi-disant
Stuyvesant
suppressant
versant

Synonyms and antonyms of complaisant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «COMPLAISANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «complaisant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of complaisant

Translation of «complaisant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMPLAISANT

Find out the translation of complaisant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of complaisant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «complaisant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

柔顺
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

complaciente
570 millions of speakers

English

complaisant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

मेहरबान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المنقادة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

покладистая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

complacente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেবকোচিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

complaisant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Complaisant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gefällig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

愛想の良い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

complaisant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Complaisant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tánh ân cần
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மன்னிக்கும் தன்மை உடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुकूल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

müsamahakâr
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

compiacente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

complaisant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поступлива
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

complezent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

complaisant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gedienstig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

medgörliga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

complaisant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of complaisant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPLAISANT»

The term «complaisant» is regularly used and occupies the 76.728 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMPLAISANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «complaisant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «complaisant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about complaisant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMPLAISANT»

Discover the use of complaisant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to complaisant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English synonyms explained: with copious illustrations and ...
CiviLpolite) ; obliging, from oblige, signifies either doing what obliges, or ready to oblige; complaisant, in French complaisant, comes from complaire to please, signifying ready to please. Ovil la more general than obliging : one is always cioil  ...
George Crabb, 1844
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English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
Civil, polite) ; obliging, from oblige, signifies either doing what obliges, ur ready to oblige; complaisant, in French complaisant, comes from complaire to please, signifying ready to please. Civil is more general than obliging: one is always civil  ...
George Crabb, 1837
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English Synonymes, with Copious Illustrations and ...
CIVIL, OBLIGING, COMPLAISANT. Cirii (v. Civil, polite) ; obliging, from oblige, signifies either doing what oblige*, or ready to oblige.; complaisant, in French complaisant, conies from complairc to please, signifying ready to please. Civil is more ...
George Crabb, 1854
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Nugae Venales, Or, Complaisant Companion Being New Jests, ...
This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher.
Richard Head, 2010
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order ...
It is used mostly in the spiritual sense. Remote from towns he ran his godly race, HOT e'er had changed, nor wished to change hit place. GOLDIMITB. COURTEOUS, COMPLAISANT, COURTLY. COURTEOUS, from court, denotes properly ...
George Crabb, 1892
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Graham Greene: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism
A short review of The Complaisant Lover and its performance. Though Greene " spotlights an intriguing aspect of snobbery, " he does not dwell upon it but is mainly concerned with the relationships of the "triangle. " Notices the change that  ...
A. F. Cassis, 1981
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Who's Whose: A No-Nonsense Guide to Easily Confused Words
COMPLACENT or COMPLAISANT The second word is not very often found, but where it is, it risks being confused with the first. Complacent means 'pleased', ' satisfied with a situation as it is'. The word almost always contains the implication  ...
Philip Gooden, 2009
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary
F. complaisance, < complaisant, ppr.": see complaisant and complacence?] Civility and graciousness ; that manner of address and behavior in social intercourse which gives pleasure ; affability; courtesy; desire to please; acquiescence (in ...
William Dwight Whitney, 1906
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The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century ...
F. complaisance, < complaisant, ppr.': see complaisant and complacenceT] Civility and graciousness ; that manner of address and behavior in social intercourse which gives pleasure ; affability ; courtesy; desire to please; acquiescence (in ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1914
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The Century dictionary and cyclopedia: a work of universal ...
F. complaisance, < complaisant, ppr. : see complaisant and complacence/] Civility and graciousness ; that manner of address and behavior in social intercourse which gives pleasure ; affability ; courtesy; desire to please ; acquiescence (in ...
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, 1897

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMPLAISANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term complaisant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Quick Thoughts: Nathan Thrall on the Gaza Strip One Year After …
... that are considered to be more resilient in the face of Israel's occupation and areas like Jericho that are reputed to be more complaisant. «Jadaliyya, Jul 15»
2
Greece referendum: 'No' vote or wild card entry? Greece may have …
... going down, indeed, but taking down all the Eurozone members with it (if they deed not concede to a more complaisant bail-out policy). «Oneindia, Jul 15»
3
The Welcome Change at NERC
Although, the previously lethargic, or was it complaisant, NERC had apparently woken up to its responsibilities, the measure announced is not ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
BB King tribute: Jazz Fest honours the iconic Blues Boy
... face of the blues, which earned him money and also cost him acclaim in circles where that friendliness was seen as complaisant or servile, ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Greece votes 'No.' Grexit, 'Plan Z' to follow?
It's all a result of an increasingly complaisant public feasting on taxpayer-supported bread and circuses that produce nothing, save fatter and ... «Communities Digital News, Jul 15»
6
BWW Reviews: MULLINGAR OF OUR MINDS
... it concerns people who have harbored such immense feelings of love and fear within their hearts that they have become almost complaisant, ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
7
Forecast. Watch this space
... the media, but, when The End loomed, he committed suicide with his seemingly complaisant wife Magda and non-complaisant six children. «Noseweek, Jun 15»
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Jaffa Orange Republic: Towards the Ontogeny of Jewish Statehood …
At 67, Israel should no longer play the complaisant ephebe commencing manhood, a Jaffa orange republic dependent on American handouts ... «Algemeiner, Jun 15»
9
Somaliland:Is it the Concept of Unity that Produced War Torn Somalia?
The political decision resulted, Djibouti to remain politically stable, socially obliging and economically complaisant in conjunction with its region ... «SomalilandPress, Jun 15»
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The Economist explique pourquoi Jean Luc Melenchon aimait tant …
... il laissait son peuple mourir de faim – et pas au sens figuré – avec le romantique et complaisant silence des médias de gauche attendris. «Dreuz Info, Jun 15»

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