conservateur

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnservātor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.tœʁ/

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Noun

conservateur m (plural conservateurs, feminine conservatrice)

1. keeper, curator, custodian
2. conservative
3. Conservative
4. (food) preservative

Descendants

• → Turkish: konservatör

Adjective

conservateur (feminine conservatrice, masculine plural conservateurs, feminine plural conservatrices)

1. conservative
2. Conservative

Derived terms

• judaïsme conservateur
• Parti conservateur
• ultraconservateur

See also

• libéral

Further reading

• “conservateur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012