salver

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English *salvere, from Old English *sealfere (“salver, one who anoints”), equivalent to salve +‎ -er. Cognate with Dutch zalver (“salver”), German Salber (“salver”).

Noun

salver (plural salvers)

1. One who salves or cures.
2. One who pretends to cure; quacksalver.

Related terms

• salve

Etymology 2

From salve (“to save”) +‎ -er.

Noun

salver (plural salvers)

1. One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.

Etymology 3

Alteration of Spanish salva (“plate, foretasting of viands prior to serving”), from salvar (“to save, taste food for one's master”), from Latin salvō (“save”, v). More at save.

Noun

salver (plural salvers)

1. A tray used to display or serve food.

See also

• Salver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Salver on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons

Translations

A tray used to display or serve food.

• Armenian: սկուտեղ (hy) (skuteġ)
• Finnish: tarjotin (fi)
• Latvian: paplāte

• Macedonian: послужавник (mk) (poslúžavnik) m
• Scottish Gaelic: truinnsear m

Anagrams

• arvels
• ravels
• serval
• slaver
• velars
• versal

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Danish

Noun

salver c

1. plural indefinite of salve

Verb

salver

1. present of salve

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Latin

Verb

salver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of salvō

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Old French

Alternative forms

• sauver

Etymology

From Late Latin salvaticus.

Verb

salver

1. to save (remove from danger)

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of salver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		salver			avoir salvé, salvez
gerund		en salvant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		salvant
past participle		salvé, salvez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	salve	salves	salve	salvons	salvez, salvés	salvent
	imperfect	salvoe, salveie, salvoie	salvoes, salveies, salvoies	salvot, salveit, salvoit	salvions, salviions	salviez, salviiez	salvoent, salvient, salvoient
	past historic	salva	salvas	salva	salvames	salvastes	salverent
	future	salverai	salveras	salvera	salverons	salverez, salvereiz	salveront
	conditional	salveroe, salvereie, salveroie	salveroes, salvereied, salveroied	salverot, salvereie, salveroie	salverions, salveriions	salveriez, salveriiez	salveroent, salvereient, salveroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	salve	salves	salve	salvons	salvez	salvent
	imperfect	salvasse	salvasses	salvast	salvissons	salvissez, salvissiez	salvassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	salve	—	salvons	salvez	—

Descendants

• English: salvage
• French: sauver