server
English[edit]


Etymology[edit]
From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve + -er.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːvə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝvɚ/
Audio (RP) (file) Audio (CA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
server (plural servers)
- (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
- Antonym: client
- (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.
- One who serves.
- A waitress or waiter.
- (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
- (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
- Synonyms: altar server, acolyte
- A tray for dishes.
- Synonym: salver
- A spoon for serving food.
Usage notes[edit]
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Danish: server
- → German: Server
- → Hindi: सर्वर (sarvar)
- → Hungarian: szerver
- → Italian: server m
- → Japanese: サーバー (sābā)
- → Korean: 서버 (seobeo)
- → Persian: سرور
- → Polish: serwer
- → Romanian: server n
- → Russian: се́рвер (sérver)
- → Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
- → Turkish: server
Translations[edit]
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Further reading[edit]
server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
server (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
altar server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
server m (plural servers)
- serviceberry (tree)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “server” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
server
See also[edit]
- (clipping) ser (soe1)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
server
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)
Etymology 2[edit]
From English server. Akin to serve + -er.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
server
References[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural serverar, definite plural serverane)
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
server
- imperative of servera
References[edit]
- “server” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English server.
Noun[edit]
server n (plural servere)
Declension[edit]
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) server | serverul | (niște) servere | serverele |
genitive/dative | (unui) server | serverului | (unor) servere | serverelor |
vocative | serverule | serverelor |
Further reading[edit]
server in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
server c
Declension[edit]
Declension of server | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | server | servern | servrar | servrarna |
Genitive | servers | serverns | servrars | servrarnas |
Anagrams[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Persian سَروَر (sarvar).
Noun[edit]
server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English server.
Noun[edit]
server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)
Further reading[edit]
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “server”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “server”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
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