server

See also: Server

English

A Viennese beer server (3.1)

A rack-mounted server computer (2)

Etymology

From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvə/

• Audio (RP)

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝvɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)və(r)

Noun

server (plural servers)

1. (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.

   Antonym: client

2. (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
   • 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:

     Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

3. One who serves.
   1. A waitress or waiter.
   2. (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
   3. (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.

      Synonyms: altar server, acolyte

4. A tray for dishes.

   Synonym: salver

5. A spoon for serving food.

Usage notes

• (one who serves): Some prefer server to waiter or waitress because it is unisex.

Hyponyms

• data structure server
• dedicated server
• fileserver
• microserver
• miniserver
• physical server
• shared server
• stand-alone server
• stand-alone Web server
• timeserver
• virtual private server
• virtual server
• Web server

 

Derived terms

• serverless
• server-only
• server-side

 

Descendants

• → Danish: server
• → German: Server
• → Hindi: सर्वर (sarvar)
• → Hungarian: szerver
• → Japanese: サーバー (sābā)
• → Korean: 서버 (seobeo)
• → Persian: سرور‎
• → Polish: serwer
• → Russian: се́рвер (sérver)
• → Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)

Translations

computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users

• Arabic: خَادِم‎ m (ḵādim), مُلَقِّم‎ m (mulaqqim) (dated)
• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʿ)
• Azerbaijani: server
• Belarusian: се́рвер m (sjérvjer)
• Bengali: সার্ভার (śarbhar)
• Bulgarian: съ́рвър m (sǎ́rvǎr)
• Burmese: ဆာဗိုစနစ် (hcabuica.nac)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服務器 (zh), 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh)

• Czech: server (cs) m
• Danish: server c
• Dutch: server (nl) m
• Esperanto: servilo (eo)
• Estonian: server (et)
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinohjelma
• French: serveur (fr) m
• Georgian: სერვერი (serveri)
• German: Server (de) m
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
• Hebrew: שָׁרָת‎ (he) m (sharat)
• Hindi: सर्वर m (sarvar)
• Hungarian: szerver (hu)
• Icelandic: miðlari (is) m
• Indonesian: peladen (id)
• Italian: server (it) m
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Kazakh: сервер (kk) (server)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo)
• Kyrgyz: сервер (server)

• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: serveris m
• Lithuanian: serveris (lt) m
• Macedonian: сервер m (server), опслужувач m (opslužuvač)
• Malay: pelayan
• Maori: tūmau
• Mongolian: сервер (server)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tjener (no) m

• Occitan: servidor m
• Persian: سرور‎ (fa) (server)
• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Romanian: server n
• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: сервер m

  Roman: server (sh) m

• Slovak: server m
• Slovene: strežnik (sl) m
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Swedish: server (sv) c
• Tajik: сервер (server)
• Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• Turkish: sunucu (tr)
• Turkmen: serwer
• Ukrainian: се́рвер m (sérver)
• Urdu: سرور‎ (ur) m (sarvar)
• Uzbek: server (uz)
• Vietnamese: trình chủ, máy chủ (vi)

computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs

• Arabic: خَادِم‎ m (ḵādim)
• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʿ), սերվեր (hy) (server)
• Catalan: servidor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服務器 (zh), 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh)

• Faroese: ambætari m
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), serveri (fi)
• Galician: servidor (gl) m
• German: Server (de) m
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo)

• Malay: pelayan
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tjenermaskin m

• Persian: سرور‎ (fa) (server)
• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Romanian: server n
• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• Turkish: sunucu (tr)
• Vietnamese: máy chủ (vi)

one who serves

• Armenian: սպասարկող (spasarkoł), սպասավոր (hy) (spasavor)
• Finnish: palvelija (fi), tarjoilija (fi)
• French: serviteur (fr) m, serviteuse f
• German: Diener (de) m, Dienerin (de) f
• Greek: σερβιτόρος (el) m (servitóros)
• Italian: servente (it) m or f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Dener m, Denerin f, Denersch f, Denersche f

• Persian: پیشخدمت‎ (fa) (pišxedmat)
• Polish: kelner (pl) m, kelnerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Russian: служи́тель (ru) m (služítelʹ)
• Spanish: sirviente (es), servidor (es) m, servidriz f
• Swedish: betjänt (sv) c, servitör (sv) c
• Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter

• Finnish: tarjoilija (fi)
• French: serveur (fr) m, serveuse (fr) f
• German: (unisex) Bedienung (de) f, Kellner (de) m, Kellnerin (de) f
• Latin: administer m, administra f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Kellner (nds) m, Kellnerin (nds) f, Kellnersch f, Kellnersche f

• Norman: sèrveux m (Jersey)
• Swedish: personal (sv) c, serveringspersonal c
• Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

a tray for dishes

• Armenian: սկուտեղ (hy) (skuteł)
• Finnish: tarjotin (fi)
• Greek: δίσκος (el) m (dískos)
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)

• Russian: подно́с (ru) m (podnós)
• Swedish: bricka (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَادِل‎ m (nādil), ^{(please verify)} خَادِم‎ m (ḵādim)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 服務器 (zh), ^{(please verify)} 服务器 (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh)

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} server (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} serveur (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Server (de) m
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} שרת‎ (he) m (sharat)
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} miðlari (is) m, ^{(please verify)} netþjónn m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} riarthóir m

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} server (it) m, ^{(please verify)} servente (it) m, ^{(please verify)} servitore (it) m
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} pelayan, ^{(please verify)} server
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} sèrveux m (Jersey)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} tjener (no) m
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} serwer (pl) m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} server (sv) c
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} sunucu (tr)

Further reading

• server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• server (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• altar server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• revers, verser

---

Catalan

Etymology

serva +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /səɾˈve/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /sərˈbe/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /seɾˈveɾ/

Noun

server m (plural servers)

1. serviceberry (tree)

Further reading

• “server” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

---

Latin

Verb

server

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English server.

Alternative forms

• sørver

Noun

server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)

1. (computing) a server

Etymology 2

From English server. Akin to serve +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

• sørver

Noun

server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)

1. (tennis) the player who serves the ball

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• server

Verb

server

1. imperative of servere

References

• “server” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “server” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• verser

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English server.

Alternative forms

• sørvar

Noun

server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural serverar, definite plural serverane)

1. (computing) a server
2. (tennis) the player who serves the ball

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Alternative forms

• servér

Verb

server

1. imperative of servera and servere

References

• “server” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• verser

---

Swedish

Noun

server c

1. (computing) a server

Declension

Declension of server
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	server	servern	servrar	servrarna
Genitive	servers	serverns	servrars	servrarnas

Anagrams

• reserv, verser

---

Turkish

Server

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /seɾˈveɾ/
• Hyphenation: ser‧ver

Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

1. servant

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	server
Definite accusative	serveri
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	server	serverler
Definite accusative	serveri	serverleri
Dative	servere	serverlere
Locative	serverde	serverlerde
Ablative	serverden	serverlerden
Genitive	serverin	serverlerin
Possessive forms Singular Plural 1st singular serverim serverlerim 2nd singular serverin serverlerin 3rd singular serveri serverleri 1st plural serverimiz serverlerimiz 2nd plural serveriniz serverleriniz 3rd plural serverleri serverleri
Predicative forms Singular Plural 1st singular serverim serverlerim 2nd singular serversin serverlersin 3rd singular server serverdir serverler serverlerdir 1st plural serveriz serverleriz 2nd plural serversiniz serverlersiniz 3rd plural serverler serverlerdir