conserver
English
Etymology
Noun
conserver (plural conservers)
- One who conserves.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for conserver in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/
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Verb
conserver
- to keep (in a particular place)
- Conserver la glace dans un congélateur. - Keep the ice cream in a freezer.
- 2008, Valérie Provost and Sophie Huyghues Despointes (translators), Susan T. Fiske (English author), Psychologie sociale (Social Psychology), De Boeck Université, →ISBN, page 301:
- Frappé par cette contradiction, il décida de conserver un suivi du traitement qu'on leur réservait tout au long de leur voyage.
- Struck by this contradiction, he decided to keep track of the treatment they received over the course of their trip.
- Frappé par cette contradiction, il décida de conserver un suivi du traitement qu'on leur réservait tout au long de leur voyage.
- to retain, to conserve, to preserve
Conjugation
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conserver | avoir conservé | |||||
| gerund | en conservant | en ayant conservé | |||||
| present participle | conservant /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | conservé /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conserves /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conservons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ |
conservez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/ |
conservent /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect | conservais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
conservais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
conservait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
conservions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ |
conserviez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vje/ |
conservaient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | conservai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/ |
conservas /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/ |
conserva /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/ |
conservâmes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vam/ |
conservâtes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vat/ |
conservèrent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | conserverai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁe/ |
conserveras /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁa/ |
conservera /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁa/ |
conserverons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/ |
conserverez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁe/ |
conserveront /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conserverais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
conserverais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
conserverait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
conserverions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conserveriez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁje/ |
conserveraient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conserves /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conservions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ |
conserviez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vje/ |
conservent /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect1 | conservasse /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/ |
conservasses /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/ |
conservât /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/ |
conservassions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/ |
conservassiez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sje/ |
conservassent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
— | conservons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ |
conservez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “conserver” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
cōnserver
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnservō
Old French
Etymology
First known attestation 842 in the Oaths of Strasbourg. Borrowed from Latin cōnservō.
Verb
conserver
- to keep (e.g. a promise)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conserver | avoir conservé | |||||
| gerund | en conservant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | conservant | ||||||
| past participle | conservé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | conserf | conserves | conserve | conservons | conservez | conservent |
| imperfect | conservoie, conserveie, conservoe, conserveve | conservoies, conserveies, conservoes, conserveves | conservoit, conserveit, conservot, conserveve | conserviiens, conserviens | conserviiez, conserviez | conservoient, conserveient, conservoent, conservevent | |
| preterite | conservai | conservas | conserva | conservames | conservastes | conserverent | |
| future | conserverai | conserveras | conservera | conserverons | conserveroiz, conservereiz, conserverez | conserveront | |
| conditional | conserveroie, conservereie | conserveroies, conservereies | conserveroit, conservereit | conserveriiens, conserveriens | conserveriiez, conserveriez | conserveroient, conservereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | conserf | consers | consert | conservons | conservez | conservent |
| imperfect | conservasse | conservasses | conservast | conservissons, conservissiens | conservissoiz, conservissez, conservissiez | conservassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | conserve | — | conservons | conservez | — | ||
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (conserver, supplement)
- conserver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub