GeezerVison

See also: Server

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝvɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (Canada): (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
Hyphenation: serv‧er

Noun

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.
(social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
- 2020 August 11, EasyCompZeeland, “My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels… out of the blue”, in Official TeamSpeak Community Forum‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 September 2024, TeamSpeak Server:
  Please take a look at my log its completely going haywire… My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels.
- 2020, “Beginner's Guide to Discord”, in Discord Help Center‎^[2]:
  Discord gives you the power to create an invite-only home for your friends or community - a place where you can talk, hang out, and have fun. We call these special places - servers [...]
- 2024 June 30, u/Narunzo, “I can't find a decent place where I can post a suggestion and it would be seen by staff in Guilded so I'm posting my suggestion here”, in r/guilded‎^[3] (Reddit post):
  Basically like how there is an emoji button for statuses and bios but make them for certain settings such as channel names or descriptions. This little QOL(quality of life) change would add a slightly faster way of navigating through channels and add a nicer more organized appearance to some servers.
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
A tray for dishes.
Synonym: salver
A spoon for serving food.

Usage notes

(one who serves): Some prefer server to waiter or waitress because it is gender-neutral.

Hyponyms

computing

(waiter): wine server

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Arabic: سِيرْفَر (sīrfar), سِيرْڤَر (sīrvar)
→ Danish: server
→ Dutch: server
→ German: Server
→ Hindi: सर्वर (sarvar)
→ Hungarian: szerver
→ Italian: server m
→ Japanese: サーバー (sābā)
→ Korean: 서버 (seobeo)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: server, sørver
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: server, sørvar
→ Persian: سرور
→ Polish: serwer
→ Portuguese: server
→ Romanian: server n
→ Russian: се́рвер (sérver)
→ Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
→ Turkish: server

Translations

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

Albanian: server m
Arabic: خَادُوم m (ḵādūm) or خَادِم m (ḵādim), مُلَقِّم m (mulaqqim) (dated), مِخْدَام m (miḵdām) or مُخَدِّم m (muḵaddim), مُزَوِّد m (muzawwid)
Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʻ)
Azerbaijani: server
Belarusian: се́рвер m (sjérvjer), сэ́рвэр m (sérver)
Bengali: সার্ভার (śarbhar)
Bulgarian: съ́рвър m (sắrvăr)
Burmese: ဆာဗာ (hcaba), ဆာဗိုစနစ် (hcabuica.nac)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 服務器 / 服务器 (fuk⁶ mou⁶ hei³), 伺服器 (si⁶ fuk⁶ hei³)

Mandarin: 服務器 / 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh) (sìfúqì)
Czech: server (cs) m
Danish: server (da) c
Dutch: server (nl) m
Esperanto: servilo (eo)
Estonian: server (et)
Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinohjelma
French: serveur (fr) m
Galician: servidor (gl) m
Georgian: სერვერი (serveri)
German: Server (de) m
Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
Hebrew: שָׁרָת (he) m (sharát)
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 (server)
Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនមេ (maasiin mei)
Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo), 봉사기(奉仕器) (bongsagi) (North Korea)
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 (ms)
Māori: tūmau
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: сервер (server)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tjener (no) m, server m

Nynorsk: tenar m, server m
Occitan: servidor (oc) m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: سِرْوِر (server), کارساز (fa) (kârsâz)
Polish: serwer (pl) m
Portuguese: servidor (pt) m, server (pt) m
Romanian: server n
Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: се̏рвер m

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

computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs

Arabic: خَادِم m (ḵādim)
Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʻ), սերվեր (hy) (server)
Bulgarian: сървър m (sărvăr)
Catalan: servidor (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 服務器 / 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh) (sìfúqì)
Dutch: server (nl) m
Faroese: ambætari m
Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinkone
Galician: servidor (gl) m
German: Server (de) m
Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo)
Latin: minister
Malay: pelayan (ms)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tjenermaskin m

Nynorsk: tenarmaskin m or f
Persian:
Iranian Persian: سِرْوِر (server)
Polish: serwer (pl) m
Portuguese: servidor (pt) m, server (pt) m
Romanian: server n
Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
Spanish: servidor (es) m
Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
Turkish: sunucu (tr), server (tr)
Ukrainian: се́рвер m (sérver)
Vietnamese: máy chủ (vi)

one who serves

Arabic: خَادِم m (ḵādim), خَادِمَة f (ḵādima)
Armenian: սպասարկող (spasarkoġ), սպասավոր (hy) (spasavor)
Bulgarian: сервитьо́р m (servitjór), сервитьо́рка (bg) f (servitjórka)
Dutch: serveerder m, serveerster (nl) f
Finnish: palvelija (fi), tarjoilija (fi)
French: serviteur (fr) m, serviteuse (fr) f, serviteresse (fr) (religion), servante (fr) f
German: Diener (de) m, Dienerin (de) f
Greek: σερβιτόρος (el) m (servitóros), υπηρέτης (el) m (ypirétis), υπηρέτρια (el) f (ypirétria)
Ancient Greek: ὑπηρέτης m (hupērétēs), ὑπηρέτρια f (hupērétria)
Haitian Creole: sèvitè
Hebrew: שרת (he) m, מלצר (he) m
Italian: servente (it) m or f
Low German:
German Low German: Dener m, Denerin f, Denersch f, Denersche f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: servivør m

Nynorsk: servitør m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: پیشْخِدْمَت (pišxedmat)
Polish: kelner (pl) m, kelnerka (pl) f
Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
Russian: служи́тель (ru) m (služítelʹ), служи́тельница (ru) f (služítelʹnica), официа́нт (ru) m (oficiánt) (waiter), официа́нтка (ru) f (oficiántka) (waitress)
Spanish: sirviente (es) m or f, servidor (es) m, ^{(please verify)} servidriz f
Swedish: betjänt (sv) c, servitör (sv) c
Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter

Dutch: bediening (nl) f
Finnish: tarjoilija (fi)
Galician: camareiro (gl) m, camareira f
German: Bedienung (de) f
Ingrian: taritsija
Latin: minister
Norman: sèrveux m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: serveringspersonell n

Nynorsk: serveringsperonell n
Swedish: personal (sv) c, serveringspersonal c
Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

a tray for dishes

Armenian: սկուտեղ (hy) (skuteġ)
Bulgarian: по́днос (bg) m (pódnos)
Dutch: dienblad (nl) n
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. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَادِل m (nādil), ^{(please verify)} خَادِم m (ḵādim)
French: ^{(please verify)} serveur (fr) m
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 (ms), ^{(please verify)} server
Norman: ^{(please verify)} sèrveux m (Jersey)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} tjener (no) m

Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} tenar m
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} server (sv) c
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} sunucu (tr)

Anagrams

revers, verser

Catalan

Etymology

From serva +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern) [sərˈbe̞]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sərˈve]
IPA^(key): (Central) [sərˈbe]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seɾˈveɾ]
IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [serˈbe]

Noun

server m (plural servers)

serviceberry, Sorbus domestica (tree)

Derived terms

severola

Chinese

Etymology

From English server.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): soe¹ faa²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soe¹ faa²
  - Yale: sēu fá
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soe¹ faa²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sê¹ fa²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœː⁵⁵ faː³⁵/

Noun

server

(Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) server (Classifier: 個／个 c; 部 c)

Dutch

Etymology

From English server.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʏrvər/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: ser‧ver

Noun

server m (plural servers, diminutive servertje n)

(computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

Derived terms

Anagrams

revers, verser

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English server.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.ver/^[1]
Rhymes: -ɛrver
Hyphenation: sèr‧ver

Noun

server m (invariable)

(computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

References

^ “server” in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Latin

Verb

server

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English server.

Alternative forms

sørver

Pronunciation

Noun

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

(computing) a server

Etymology 2

From English server. Akin to serve +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

sørver

Pronunciation

Noun

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

(tennis) the player who serves the ball

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

server

Pronunciation

Verb

server

imperative of servere

References

“server” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“server” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Anagrams

verser

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English server.

Alternative forms

sørvar

Pronunciation

Noun

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

(computing) a server
(tennis) the player who serves the ball

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

servér

Pronunciation

Verb

server

imperative of servera

References

“server” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

verser

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English servere

English serverubor.

Portuguese server

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛɦ.veh]

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛɦ.veh]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.veɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛʁ.veχ]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɻ.veɻ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈvɐɾ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈvɐɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈbɐɾ/ [sɐɾˈβɐɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈvɐ.ɾi/

Noun

server m (plural servers)

(computing, social media) a server
Synonym: servidor
- 2013, Felipe Castilho, Ouro, Fogo e Megabytes, Gutenberg, →ISBN, page 80:
  O server da Hawkwind reconheceria os códigos desonestos e daria um belo de um kick no traseiro gordo do Esmagossauro, ou de qualquer player que ousasse ser desonesto na rede.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English servere

English serverubor.

Romanian server

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Noun

server n (plural servere)

(computing) server

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	server	serverul	servere	serverele
genitive-dative	server	serverului	servere	serverelor
vocative	serverule		serverelor

Spanish

Alternative forms

sérver

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle English servere

English serverubor.

Spanish server

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈseɾbeɾ/ [ˈseɾ.β̞eɾ]
Rhymes: -eɾbeɾ
Syllabification: ser‧ver

Noun

server m (plural servers)

(computing, social media) a server
Synonym: servidor

Swedish

Noun

server c

(computing) a server

Declension

Declension of **server**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	server	servers
singular	definite	servern	serverns
plural	indefinite	servrar	servrars
plural	definite	servrarna	servrarnas

Anagrams

reserv, verser

Turkish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sæɾˈvæɾ/
Hyphenation: ser‧ver

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Persian سَروَر (sarvar)

Ottoman Turkish سرور

Turkish server

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سرور, from Persian سَروَر (sarvar).

Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

(archaic) master

Declension

Declension of server

	singular	plural
nominative	server	serverler
definite accusative	serveri	serverleri
dative	servere	serverlere
locative	serverde	serverlerde
ablative	serverden	serverlerden
genitive	serverin	serverlerin

Possessive forms
nominative
	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
definite accusative
	singular	plural
1st singular	serverimi	serverlerimi
2nd singular	serverini	serverlerini
3rd singular	serverini	serverlerini
1st plural	serverimizi	serverlerimizi
2nd plural	serverinizi	serverlerinizi
3rd plural	serverlerini	serverlerini
dative
	singular	plural
1st singular	serverime	serverlerime
2nd singular	serverine	serverlerine
3rd singular	serverine	serverlerine
1st plural	serverimize	serverlerimize
2nd plural	serverinize	serverlerinize
3rd plural	serverlerine	serverlerine
locative
	singular	plural
1st singular	serverimde	serverlerimde
2nd singular	serverinde	serverlerinde
3rd singular	serverinde	serverlerinde
1st plural	serverimizde	serverlerimizde
2nd plural	serverinizde	serverlerinizde
3rd plural	serverlerinde	serverlerinde
ablative
	singular	plural
1st singular	serverimden	serverlerimden
2nd singular	serverinden	serverlerinden
3rd singular	serverinden	serverlerinden
1st plural	serverimizden	serverlerimizden
2nd plural	serverinizden	serverlerinizden
3rd plural	serverlerinden	serverlerinden
genitive
	singular	plural
1st singular	serverimin	serverlerimin
2nd singular	serverinin	serverlerinin
3rd singular	serverinin	serverlerinin
1st plural	serverimizin	serverlerimizin
2nd plural	serverinizin	serverlerinizin
3rd plural	serverlerinin	serverlerinin

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

Derived terms

serverlik

Related terms

serveran

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Middle English servere

English serverubor.

Turkish server

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

(computing) server
Synonym: sunucu

GeezerVison

English

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Usage notes

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Latin

Verb

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

References

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Romanian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Further reading

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Swedish

Noun

Declension