serva

Etymology

From Latin serva.

Noun

serva f (plural serve, masculine servo)

1. servant, maid

Verb

serva

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

Anagrams

• versa

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.wa/, [ˈsɛr.wa]

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.waː/, [ˈsɛr.waː]

References

• serva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
    

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/

Noun

serva

1. feminine equivalent of servo

Adjective

serva

1. Feminine singular of adjective servo.

Verb

serva (present servar, preterite servade, supine servat, imperative serva)

1. (sports) to serve (in tennis or volleyball); to put the ball in motion
2. to give service (to a car), to service, to maintain, to lube

References

• serva in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)