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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈzɜːv/
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• General-American: /pɹəˈzɝv/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)v
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• CMU ARPABET: P R AH0 Z ER1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: P R IH0 Z ER1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: P R IY0 Z ER1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”). Displaced native Old English nerian.

166 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُرَبًّى (murabban) — sweet spread
• Bashkir: ҡайнатма (qaynatma) — sweet spread
• Bashkir: варенье (varenʹye) — sweet spread
• Bulgarian: сладко (sladko) — sweet spread
• Chinese Mandarin: 果醬 /果酱 (guǒjiàng) — sweet spread
• Finnish: marmeladi — sweet spread
• Finnish: hillo — sweet spread
• French: confiture — sweet spread
• French: conserve — sweet spread
• German: Konserve — sweet spread
• German: Eingemachtes — sweet spread
• Ancient Greek: μελίμηλον (melímēlon) — sweet spread
• Italian: confettura — sweet spread
• Italian: marmellata — sweet spread
• Japanese: ジャム (jamu) — sweet spread
• Japanese: プレザーブ (purezābu) — sweet spread
• Korean: 잼 (jaem) — sweet spread
• Macedonian: сла́тко (slátko) — sweet spread
• Polish: przetwór — sweet spread
• Russian: варе́нье (varénʹje) — sweet spread
• Serbo-Croatian: сла̀тко̄ — sweet spread
• Serbo-Croatian: slatko — sweet spread
• Spanish: mermelada — sweet spread
• Swedish: sylt — sweet spread
• Swedish: marmelad — sweet spread
• Swedish: konserverad frukt — sweet spread
• Turkish: reçel — sweet spread
• Ukrainian: варе́ння (varénnja) — sweet spread
• Vietnamese: mứt — sweet spread
• Bashkir: ҡурсаулыҡ (qursawlıq) — nature preserve
• Bulgarian: резерват (rezervat) — nature preserve
• Catalan: reserva natural — nature preserve
• Danish: naturreservat — nature preserve
• Estonian: looduskaitseala — nature preserve
• Finnish: luonnonpuisto — nature preserve
• Finnish: luonnonsuojelualue — nature preserve
• French: réserve naturelle — nature preserve
• Galician: reserva natural — nature preserve
• German: Naturschutzgebiet — nature preserve
• German: Naturreservat — nature preserve
• Indonesian: cagar alam — nature preserve
• Italian: riserva — nature preserve
• Latin: vīvārium — nature preserve
• Macedonian: при́роден резерва́т (príroden rezervát) — nature preserve
• Macedonian: резерва́т (rezervát) — nature preserve
• Polish: rezerwat — nature preserve
• Portuguese: reserva — nature preserve
• Russian: запове́дник (zapovédnik) — nature preserve
• Serbo-Croatian: branjevina — nature preserve
• Serbo-Croatian: zagrad — nature preserve
• Serbo-Croatian: zabran — nature preserve
• Spanish: reserva — nature preserve
• Spanish: reserva natural — nature preserve
• Swedish: naturreservat — nature preserve
• Ukrainian: запові́дник (zapovídnyk) — nature preserve
• French: domaine réservé — activity with restricted access
• Polish: domena — activity with restricted access
• Spanish: coto — activity with restricted access
• Spanish: terreno — activity with restricted access
• Spanish: dominio — activity with restricted access
• Arabic: حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa) — to protect
• Armenian: պահպանել (pahpanel) — to protect
• Azerbaijani: qoruyub-saxlamaq — to protect
• Bashkir: һаҡлау (haqlaw) — to protect
• Bashkir: һаҡтау (haqlaw) — to protect
• Bulgarian: предпазвам (predpazvam) — to protect
• Bulgarian: охранявам (ohranjavam) — to protect
• Catalan: preservar — to protect
• Czech: chránit — to protect
• Danish: bevare — to protect
• Dutch: beschermen — to protect
• Esperanto: konservi — to protect
• Estonian: säilitama — to protect
• Finnish: säilyttää — to protect
• Finnish: suojella — to protect
• Finnish: suojata — to protect
• Finnish: pitää — to protect
• Finnish: turvata — to protect
• French: préserver — to protect
• Galician: preservar — to protect
• German: erhalten — to protect
• German: bewahren — to protect
• Greek: διατηρώ (diatiró) — to protect
• Haitian Creole: konsève — to protect
• Ido: prezervar — to protect
• Ido: konservar — to protect
• Irish: caomhnaigh — to protect
• Irish: coinnigh — to protect
• Italian: preservare — to protect
• Italian: proteggere — to protect
• Italian: salvaguardare — to protect
• Khmer: គាំពារ (koam pie) — to protect
• Khmer: អភិរក្ស (a’phi’reak) — to protect
• Latin: conservo — to protect
• Latin: tueor — to protect
• Macedonian: за́штити (záštiti) — to protect
• Mirandese: preserbar — to protect
• Occitan: preservar — to protect
• Polabian: ai̯băroi̯ — to protect
• Polish: zachować — to protect
• Portuguese: preservar — to protect
• Romanian: proteja — to protect
• Russian: защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) — to protect
• Russian: защити́ть (zaščitítʹ) — to protect
• Russian: оберега́ть (oberegátʹ) — to protect
• Russian: обере́чь (oberéčʹ) — to protect
• Russian: охраня́ть (oxranjátʹ) — to protect
• Russian: охрани́ть (oxranítʹ) — to protect
• Sanskrit: पाति (pāti) — to protect
• Scottish Gaelic: dìon — to protect
• Sicilian: prisirvari — to protect
• Spanish: preservar — to protect
• Swedish: bevara — to protect
• Turkish: korumak — to protect
• Turkish: muhafaza etmek — to protect
• Ukrainian: захища́ти (zaxyščáty) — to protect
• Ukrainian: оберіга́ти (oberiháty) — to protect
• Ukrainian: охороня́ти (oxoronjáty) — to protect
• Welsh: cadw — to protect
• Bulgarian: консервирам (konserviram) — to prepare food for storage
• Finnish: säilöä — to prepare food for storage
• Finnish: säilyttää — to prepare food for storage
• Ancient Greek: ταριχεύω (tarikheúō) — to prepare food for storage
• Italian: conservare — to prepare food for storage
• Macedonian: за́чува (záčuva) — to prepare food for storage
• Macedonian: конзерви́ра (konzervíra) — to prepare food for storage
• Scottish Gaelic: saill — to prepare food for storage
• Bashkir: һаҡлау (haqlaw) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Bashkir: һаҡтау (haqlaw) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Bulgarian: пазя (pazja) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Bulgarian: спазвам (spazvam) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Catalan: conservar — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Czech: uchovat — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Czech: uchovávat — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Dutch: bewaren — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Dutch: in stand houden — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Finnish: pitää — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Finnish: ylläpitää — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Finnish: säilyttää — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• French: conserver — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• German: bewahren — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• German: aufrechterhalten — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Greek: διατηρώ (diatiró) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Ancient Greek: διασῴζω (diasōízō) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Icelandic: varðveita — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Ido: konservar — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Irish: leasaigh — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Italian: preservare — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Khmer: រក្សា (reaksaa) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Latin: tueor — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Macedonian: за́чува (záčuva) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Māori: roki — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Portuguese: conservar — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Romanian: întreține — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Russian: сохраня́ть (soxranjátʹ) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Russian: сохрани́ть (soxranítʹ) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Sanskrit: धरति (dharati) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Spanish: conservar — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Turkish: devam ettirmek — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Turkish: muhafaza etmek — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Turkish: sürdürmek — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Ukrainian: зберіга́ти (zberiháty) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Ukrainian: зберегти́ (zberehtý) — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Vietnamese: bảo tồn — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Welsh: cyffeithio — to keep; to maintain the condition of
• Welsh: preserfio — to keep; to maintain the condition of