Even though Cortana listens generally to the hot word Hey Cortana, certain languages use customized versions (e.g. Hola Cortana for Spanish). The United Kingdom (English) localised version of Cortana is voiced by Ginnie Watson, an Anglo-French actress, singer/songwriter and voice-over artist.
Meaning: to yield deferentially, from Old French condescendere (14c.) to agree, consent, give in, yield, from Late Latinâ¦ See more definitions. Advertisement
The words condescending and patronizing present a fine example of this. At first glance these words appear to be defined somewhat circularly: condescending often has the word patronizing in its definition, and patronize is defined, in part, as âto adopt an air of condescension toward.â