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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s??v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?v?/
• Rhymes: -??(r)v?(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.
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

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

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): /s???ve/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /s?r?be/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /se??ve?/

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 serv?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English server.

Alternative forms

• sørver

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

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

Pronunciation

Verb

server

1. imperative of servera and servere

References

• “server” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• verser

Romanian

Etymology

from English server

Noun

server n (plural servere)

1. (computing) a server

Declension

References

server in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Swedish

Noun

server c

1. (computing) a server

Declension

Anagrams

• reserv, verser

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /se??ve?/
• Hyphenation: ser?ver

Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

1. servant

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• vender

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman vendor (Old French vendeor), from Latin venditor (“seller”), from vendere (“to sell, cry up for sale, praise”), contraction of venundare, venumdare, also, as originally, two words venum dare (“to sell”), from venum (“sale, price”) + dare (“to give”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v?n.d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v?n.d?/
• Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
• Homophone: Venda (in non-rhotic accents)

Noun

vendor (plural vendors)

1. A person or a company that vends or sells.
2. A vending machine.
   • 2015, Jennifer Ott, Rays of Civilization (page 64)

     She left her duties guarding the cola vendor and brushed past Earl to the aisle with the creamed corn.

Synonyms

• merchant
• seller

Related terms

• vend
• vending machine
• vendor bid
• vendue

Translations

Verb

vendor (third-person singular simple present vendors, present participle vendoring, simple past and past participle vendored)

1. (transitive, software engineering) To bundle third-party dependencies with the source code for one's own program.

   I distributed my application with a vendored copy of Perl so that it wouldn't use the system copies of Perl where it is installed.

2. (transitive, software engineering) As the software vendor, to bundle one's own, possibly modified version of dependencies with a standard program.

   Strawberry Perl contains vendored copies of some CPAN modules, designed to allow them to run on Windows.

Anagrams

• Verdon, droven

Latin

Verb

v?ndor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of v?nd?