conserve

Etymology

From Old French conserver, from Latin conservare (“to keep, preserve”), from com- (intensive prefix) + servo (“keep watch, maintain”). See also observe.

Pronunciation

Noun

• enPR: kŏn'sû(r)v, IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnsɜː(ɹ)v/
• Rhymes: -ɒnsɜː(ɹ)v

Verb

• enPR: kən-sû(r)v', IPA^(key): /kənˈsɜː(ɹ)v/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)v

Noun

conserve (plural conserves)

1. Wilderness where human development is prohibited.
2. A jam or thick syrup made from fruit.
   • Tatler

     I shall […] study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman.

3. (obsolete) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar.
4. (obsolete) A conservatory.

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Verb

conserve (third-person singular simple present conserves, present participle conserving, simple past and past participle conserved)

1. (transitive) To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.

   to conserve fruits with sugar

   • Strype

     the amity which […] they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor

2. (transitive) To protect an environment.
3. (physics, chemistry, intransitive) To remain unchanged during a process

Anagrams

• Cervones, Converse, converse, coveners

Noun

conserve f (plural conserves)

1. canned food, preserve

Verb

conserve

1. first-person singular present indicative of conserver
2. third-person singular present indicative of conserver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of conserver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of conserver
5. second-person singular imperative of conserver

Further reading

• “conserve” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• recevons

Noun

conserve f

1. plural of conserva

Anagrams

• converse
• scernevo

Noun

conserve

1. vocative singular of conservus

Verb

conserve

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of conservar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of conservar
3. first-person singular imperative of conservar
4. third-person singular imperative of conservar

Verb

conserve

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of conservar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of conservar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of conservar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of conservar.