server

English

A Viennese beer server

A rack-mounted server computer

Wikipedia

Etymology

serve +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)və(r)

Noun

server (plural servers)

1. One who serves; a waitress or waiter.
2. A tray for dishes; a salver.
3. (computing) A program which provides services to other programs or users, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
4. (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
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Usage notes

• Some prefer server to waiter or waitress because it is unisex.

Derived terms

• fileserver
• microserver
• miniserver
• serverless
• timeserver

Antonyms

• client

Translations

one who serves

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

• Polish: kelner (pl) m, kelnerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Russian: служи́тель (ru) m (služítel')
• Swahili: soroveya (sw)
• Swedish: betjänt (sv) c, servitör (sv) c

preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter

• Finnish: tarjoilija (fi)
• French: serveur m / serveuse f
• German: Bedienung (unisex), Kellner m, Kellnerin f

• Jèrriais: sèrveux m
• Swahili: soroveya (sw)
• Swedish: personal (sv) c, serveringspersonal c

a tray for dishes

• Armenian: սկուտեղ (skuteł)
• Finnish: tarjotin
• Greek: δίσκος (el) m (dískos)

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

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

• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʿ)
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinohjelma
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής m (exypiretitís)

• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Vietnamese: trình chủ

computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs

• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʿ), սերվեր (server)
• Finnish: palvelin (fi)
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής m (exypiretitís)

• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Vietnamese: máy chủ (vi)

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 Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: نادل m (naadil), خادم m (khaadim)
• zh:

  Mandarin: 服務器 (zh), 服务器 (fúwùqì)

• Dutch: server (nl)
• French: serveur (fr) m
• German: Server (de) m
• Hebrew: שרת (he) m (sharat)
• Icelandic: miðlari (is) m, netþjónn m
• Irish: riarthóir m
• Italian: server (it) m, servente m, servitore m

• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Jèrriais: sèrveux m
• Malay: pelayan, server
• Norwegian: tjener (no) m
• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Swahili: soroveya (sw)
• Swedish: server (sv) c
• Turkish: sunucu (tr)

Anagrams

• revers
• verser

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Latin

Verb

server

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

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Swedish

Noun

server c

1. (computing) a server

Declension

Declension of server

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Turkish

Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

1. servant

Declension

declension of server

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	server	serverler
definite accusative (belirtme)	serveri	serverleri
dative (yönelme)	servere	serverlere
locative (bulunma)	serverde	serverlerde
ablative (çıkma)	serverden	serverlerden
genitive (tamlayan)	serverin	serverlerin

possessive forms of server

benim (my)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	serverim	serverlerim
definite accusative (belirtme)	serverimi	serverlerimi
dative (yönelme)	serverime	serverlerime
locative (bulunma)	serverimde	serverlerimde
ablative (çıkma)	serverimden	serverlerimden
genitive (tamlayan)	serverimin	serverlerimin
senin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	serverin	serverlerin
definite accusative (belirtme)	serverini	serverlerini
dative (yönelme)	serverine	serverlerine
locative (bulunma)	serverinde	serverlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	serverinden	serverlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	serverinin	serverlerinin
onun (his/her/its)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	serveri	serverleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	serverini	serverlerini
dative (yönelme)	serverine	serverlerine
locative (bulunma)	serverinde	serverlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	serverinden	serverlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	serverinin	serverlerinin
bizim (our)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	serverimiz	serverlerimiz
definite accusative (belirtme)	serverimizi	serverlerimizi
dative (yönelme)	serverimize	serverlerimize
locative (bulunma)	serverimizde	serverlerimizde
ablative (çıkma)	serverimizden	serverlerimizden
genitive (tamlayan)	serverimizin	serverlerimizin
sizin (your)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	serveriniz	serverleriniz
definite accusative (belirtme)	serverinizi	serverlerinizi
dative (yönelme)	serverinize	serverlerinize
locative (bulunma)	serverinizde	serverlerinizde
ablative (çıkma)	serverinizden	serverlerinizden
genitive (tamlayan)	serverinizin	serverlerinizin
onların (their)	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	serverleri	serverleri
definite accusative (belirtme)	serverlerini	serverlerini
dative (yönelme)	serverlerine	serverlerine
locative (bulunma)	serverlerinde	serverlerinde
ablative (çıkma)	serverlerinden	serverlerinden
genitive (tamlayan)	serverlerinin	serverlerinin

predicative forms of server

simple present	singular	plural
ben (I am)	serverim	serverlerim*
sen (you are)	serversin	serverlersin*
o (he/she/it is)	server / serverdir	serverler* / serverlerdir*
biz (we are)	serveriz	serverleriz
siz (you are)	serversiniz	serverlersiniz
onlar (they are)	serverler	serverlerdir
simple past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	serverdim	serverlerdim*
sen (you were)	serverdin	serverlerdin*
o (he/she/it was)	serverdi	serverlerdi*
biz (we were)	serverdik	serverlerdik
siz (you were)	serverdiniz	serverlerdiniz
onlar (they were)	serverdiler	serverlerdi
indirect / unwitnessed past	singular	plural
ben (I was)	servermişim	serverlermişim*
sen (you were)	servermişsin	serverlermişsin*
o (he/she/it was)	servermiş	serverlermiş*
biz (we were)	servermişiz	serverlermişiz
siz (you were)	servermişsiniz	serverlermişsiniz
onlar (they were)	servermişler	serverlermiş
*Not used, but perhaps rarely - chiefly grammatical formations. Note: Plural forms are not used with adjectives.