conserver

English

Etymology

conserve +‎ -er

Noun

conserver (plural conservers)

1. One who, or that which, conserves.

Further reading

• “conserver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• converser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnservāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/
• Homophones: conservai, conservé, conservée, conservées, conservés, conservez

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Verb

conserver

1. to keep (in a particular place)

   Conserver la glace dans un congélateur. ― Keep the ice cream in a freezer.

   • 2008, Valérie Provost, Sophie Huyghues Despointes, transl., Psychologie sociale, (Social Psychology), De Boeck Université, →ISBN, page 301:

     Frappé par cette contradiction, il décida de conserver un suivi du traitement qu’on leur réservait tout au long de leur voyage.

     Struck by this contradiction, he decided to keep track of the treatment they received over the course of their trip.

2. to retain, conserve, preserve

Conjugation

Conjugation of conserver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	conserver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	conservant /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		conservé /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/	conserves /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/	conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/	conservons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/	conservez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/	conservent /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/
	imperfect	conservais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/	conservais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/	conservait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/	conservions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/	conserviez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vje/	conservaient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/
	past historic2	conservai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/	conservas /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/	conserva /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/	conservâmes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vam/	conservâtes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vat/	conservèrent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛʁ/
	future	conserverai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁe/	conserveras /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁa/	conservera /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁa/	conserverons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/	conserverez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁe/	conserveront /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	conserverais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	conserverais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	conserverait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/	conserverions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁjɔ̃/	conserveriez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁje/	conserveraient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/	conserves /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/	conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/	conservions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/	conserviez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vje/	conservent /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/
	imperfect2	conservasse /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/	conservasses /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/	conservât /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/	conservassions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/	conservassiez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sje/	conservassent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/	—	conservons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/	conservez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• conservateur
• conservation
• conserve
• conserverie

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• crèverons, recevrons

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈser.u̯er/, [kõːˈs̠ɛru̯ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈser.ver/, [konˈsɛrver]

Verb

cōnserver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnservō

Old French

Etymology

First known attestation 842 in the Oaths of Strasbourg. Borrowed from Latin cōnservō.

Verb

conserver

1. to keep (e.g. a promise)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		conserver			avoir conservé
gerund		en conservant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		conservant
past participle		conservé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	conserf	conserves	conserve	conservons	conservez	conservent
	imperfect	conservoie, conserveie, conservoe, conserveve	conservoies, conserveies, conservoes, conserveves	conservoit, conserveit, conservot, conserveve	conserviiens, conserviens	conserviiez, conserviez	conservoient, conserveient, conservoent, conservevent
	preterite	conservai	conservas	conserva	conservames	conservastes	conserverent
	future	conserverai	conserveras	conservera	conserverons	conserveroiz, conservereiz, conserverez	conserveront
	conditional	conserveroie, conservereie	conserveroies, conservereies	conserveroit, conservereit	conserveriiens, conserveriens	conserveriiez, conserveriez	conserveroient, conservereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	conserf	consers	consert	conservons	conservez	conservent
	imperfect	conservasse	conservasses	conservast	conservissons, conservissiens	conservissoiz, conservissez, conservissiez	conservassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	conserve	—	conservons	conservez	—

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (conserver, supplement)
• conserver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub