name
Meaning 1
A surname originating as an occupation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
server
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːvə/
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General-American: /ˈsɝvɚ/
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S ER1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: client
noun
Meaning 3
A computer dedicated to running such programs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: social media
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noun
Meaning 5
One who serves.
A waitress or waiter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
One who serves.
The player who serves the ball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis, volleyball
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noun
Meaning 7
One who serves.
A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
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Synonyms: altar server, acolyte
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A tray for dishes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: salver
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A spoon for serving food.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 10
utensil used in serving food or drink
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: utensil
noun
Meaning 11
(computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: host
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: computer, computing machine, computing device, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system
noun
Meaning 12
(court games) the player who serves to start a point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: player, participant
noun
Meaning 13
a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: waiter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dining-room attendant, restaurant attendant
Narrower terms: carhop, counterperson, counterwoman, counterman, sommelier, wine waiter, wine steward, waitress
History
Etymology
Occupational surname from server.
From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve + -er.
Across languages
Translations
175 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Arabic: خَادُوم m or خَادِم (ḵādūm) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Arabic: مُلَقِّم (mulaqqim) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Arabic: مِخْدَام m or مُخَدِّم (miḵdām) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Arabic: مُزَوِّد (muzawwid) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʻ) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Azerbaijani: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Belarusian: се́рвер (sjérvjer) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Belarusian: сэ́рвэр (sérver) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Bengali: সার্ভার (śarbhar) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Bulgarian: съ́рвър (sǎ́rvǎr) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Burmese: ဆာဗာ (hcaba) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Burmese: ဆာဗိုစနစ် (hcabuica.nac) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Chinese Cantonese: 服務器 /服务器 (fuk6 mou6 hei3) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Chinese Cantonese: 伺服器 (si6 fuk6 hei3) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Chinese Mandarin: 服務器 /服务器 (fúwùqì) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Chinese Mandarin: 伺服器 (sìfúqì) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Czech: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Danish: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Dutch: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Esperanto: servilo — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Estonian: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Finnish: palvelin — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Finnish: palvelinohjelma — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- French: serveur — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Galician: servidor — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Georgian: სერვერი (serveri) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- German: Server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Greek: εξυπηρετητής (exypiretitís) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Hebrew: שָׁרָת (sharát) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Hindi: सर्वर (sarvar) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Hungarian: szerver — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Icelandic: miðlari — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Indonesian: peladen — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Italian: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Japanese: サーバー (sābā) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Kazakh: сервер (server) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនមេ (maasiin mei) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Korean: 서버 (seobeo) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Korean: 봉사기 (bongsagi) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Kyrgyz: сервер (server) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Latvian: serveris — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Lithuanian: serveris — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Macedonian: сервер (server) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Macedonian: опслужувач (opslužuvač) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Malay: pelayan — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Māori: tūmau — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Mongolian: сервер (server) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Norwegian Bokmål: tjener — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Norwegian Bokmål: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tenar — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Norwegian Nynorsk: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Occitan: servidor — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Iranian Persian: سِرْوِر (server) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Iranian Persian: کارساز (kârsâz) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Polish: serwer — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Portuguese: servidor — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Portuguese: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Romanian: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Russian: се́рвер (sérver) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Serbo-Croatian: се̏рвер — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Serbo-Croatian: sȅrver — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Slovak: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Slovene: strežnik — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Spanish: servidor — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Swedish: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Swedish: värddator — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Tajik: сервер (server) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Turkish: sunucu — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Turkish: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Turkmen: serwer — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Ukrainian: се́рвер (sérver) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Urdu: سَرْوَر (sarvar) — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Uzbek: server — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Vietnamese: trình chủ — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Vietnamese: máy chủ — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Vietnamese: máy phục vụ — computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users
- Arabic: خَادِم (ḵādim) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʻ) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Armenian: սերվեր (server) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Bulgarian: сървър (sǎrvǎr) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Catalan: servidor — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Chinese Mandarin: 服務器 /服务器 (fúwùqì) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Chinese Mandarin: 伺服器 (sìfúqì) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Dutch: server — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Faroese: ambætari — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Finnish: palvelin — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Finnish: palvelinkone — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Galician: servidor — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- German: Server — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Greek: εξυπηρετητής (exypiretitís) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Japanese: サーバー (sābā) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Korean: 서버 (seobeo) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Latin: minster — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Malay: pelayan — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Norwegian Bokmål: tjenermaskin — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Norwegian Nynorsk: tenarmaskin — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Iranian Persian: سِرْوِر (server) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Polish: serwer — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Portuguese: servidor — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Portuguese: server — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Romanian: server — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Russian: се́рвер (sérver) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Spanish: servidor — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Turkish: sunucu — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Turkish: server — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Ukrainian: се́рвер (sérver) — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Vietnamese: máy chủ — computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs
- Arabic: خَادِم (ḵādim) — one who serves
- Arabic: خَادِمَة (ḵādimah) — one who serves
- Armenian: սպասարկող (spasarkoġ) — one who serves
- Armenian: սպասավոր (spasavor) — one who serves
- Bulgarian: сервитьо́р (servitjór) — one who serves
- Bulgarian: сервитьо́рка (servitjórka) — one who serves
- Dutch: serveerder — one who serves
- Dutch: serveerster — one who serves
- Finnish: palvelija — one who serves
- Finnish: tarjoilija — one who serves
- French: serviteur — one who serves
- French: serviteuse — one who serves
- French: serviteresse — one who serves
- French: servante — one who serves
- German: Diener — one who serves
- German: Dienerin — one who serves
- Greek: σερβιτόρος (servitóros) — one who serves
- Greek: υπηρέτης (ypirétis) — one who serves
- Greek: υπηρέτρια (ypirétria) — one who serves
- Ancient Greek: ὑπηρέτης (hupērétēs) — one who serves
- Ancient Greek: ὑπηρέτρια (hupērétria) — one who serves
- Haitian Creole: sèvitè — one who serves
- Hebrew: שרת — one who serves
- Hebrew: מלצר — one who serves
- Italian: servente — one who serves
- Low German: Dener — one who serves
- Low German: Denerin — one who serves
- Low German: Denersch — one who serves
- Low German: Denersche — one who serves
- Norwegian Bokmål: servivør — one who serves
- Norwegian Nynorsk: servitør — one who serves
- Iranian Persian: پیشْخِدْمَت (pišxedmat) — one who serves
- Polish: kelner — one who serves
- Polish: kelnerka — one who serves
- Portuguese: servidor — one who serves
- Russian: служи́тель (služítelʹ) — one who serves
- Russian: служи́тельница (služítelʹnica) — one who serves
- Russian: официа́нт (oficiánt) — one who serves
- Russian: официа́нтка (oficiántka) — one who serves
- Spanish: sirviente — one who serves
- Spanish: servidor — one who serves
- Swedish: betjänt — one who serves
- Swedish: servitör — one who serves
- Turkish: hizmetçi — one who serves
- Dutch: bediening — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Finnish: tarjoilija — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Galician: camareiro — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Galician: camareira — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- German: Bedienung — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Ingrian: taritsija — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Latin: minister — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Norman: sèrveux — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Norwegian Bokmål: serveringspersonell — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Norwegian Nynorsk: serveringsperonell — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Swedish: personal — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Swedish: serveringspersonal — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Turkish: hizmetçi — preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter
- Armenian: սկուտեղ (skuteġ) — a tray for dishes
- Bulgarian: по́днос (pódnos) — a tray for dishes
- Dutch: dienblad — a tray for dishes
- Finnish: tarjotin — a tray for dishes
- Greek: δίσκος (dískos) — a tray for dishes
- Japanese: サーバー (sābā) — a tray for dishes
- Russian: подно́с (podnós) — a tray for dishes
- Swedish: bricka — a tray for dishes
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