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A Viennese beer server (4.1)

A rack-mounted server (2) computer

From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsɜːvə/
• (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɝvɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: serv‧er

server (plural servers)

1. (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
   Antonym: client
2. (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
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3. One who serves.
   1. A waitress or waiter.
   2. (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
   3. (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
      Synonyms: altar server, acolyte
4. A tray for dishes.
   Synonym: salver
5. A spoon for serving food.

• (one who serves): Some prefer server to waiter or waitress because it is gender-neutral.

• anarchy server

• application server

• database server

• data structure server

• dedicated server

• deskside server

• fileserver

• microserver

• miniserver

• pedestal server

• physical server

• shared server

• stand-alone server

• stand-alone Web server

• timeserver, time-server

• virtual private server

• virtual server

• Web server

• (waiter): wine server

• server computer

• blade server

• cake server

• chunkserver

• client-server

• cockserver

• cross-server

• distribution server

• DNS server

• domain name server

• eye-server

• file server

• interserver

• jump server

• keyserver

• key server

• language server

• lip-server

• listserver

• metaserver

• mirror server journal

• multiserver

• name server

• nonserver

• open proxy server

• pie server

• preprint server

• print server

• process server

• proxy server

• servent

• server farm

• serverless

• serverlet

• servermate

• server-only

• server push

• server-side

• server-side rendering

• server-side storage

• serverwide

• servlet

• streaming server

• subserver

• superserver

• web server

• → Danish: server

• → Dutch: server

• → German: Server

• → Hindi: सर्वर (sarvar)

• → Hungarian: szerver

• → Italian: server m

• → Japanese: サーバー (sābā)

• → Korean: 서버 (seobeo)

• → Norwegian Bokmål: server, sørver

• → Norwegian Nynorsk: server, sørvar

• → Persian: سرور

• → Polish: serwer

• → Portuguese: server

• → Romanian: server n

• → Russian: се́рвер (sérver)

• → Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)

• → Turkish: server

computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users

• Albanian: server m
• Arabic: خَادُوم m (ḵādūm), حَاسِب خَادِم m (ḥāsib ḵādim), خَادِم m (ḵādim), مُلَقِّم m (mulaqqim) (dated), مُخَدِّم m (muḵaddim)
• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʻ)
• Azerbaijani: server
• Belarusian: се́рвер m (sjérvjer), сэ́рвэр m (sérver)
• Bengali: সার্ভার (śarbhar)
• Bulgarian: съ́рвър m (sǎ́rvǎr)
• Burmese: ဆာဗာ (hcaba), ဆာဗိုစနစ် (hcabuica.nac)
• Chinese:
  Cantonese: 服務器 / 服务器 (fuk6 mou6 hei3), 伺服器 (si6 fuk6 hei3)
  Mandarin: 服務器 / 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh) (sìfúqì)
• Czech: server (cs) m
• Danish: server (da) c
• Dutch: server (nl) m
• Esperanto: servilo (eo)
• Estonian: server (et)
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinohjelma
• French: serveur (fr) m
• Galician: servidor (gl) m
• Georgian: სერვერი (serveri)
• German: Server (de) m
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
• Hebrew: שָׁרָת (he) m (sharát)
• Hindi: सर्वर m (sarvar)
• Hungarian: szerver (hu)
• Icelandic: miðlari (is) m
• Indonesian: peladen (id)
• Italian: server (it) m
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Kazakh: сервер (server)
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនមេ (maasiin mei)
• Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo), 봉사기(奉仕器) (bongsagi) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: сервер (server)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: serveris m
• Lithuanian: serveris (lt) m
• Macedonian: сервер m (server), опслужувач m (opslužuvač)
• Malay: pelayan (ms)
• Māori: tūmau
• Mongolian:
  Cyrillic: сервер (server)
• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: tjener (no) m, server m
  Nynorsk: tenar m, server m
• Occitan: servidor (oc) m
• Persian:
  Iranian Persian: سِرْوِر (server), کارساز (fa) (kârsâz)
• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m, server (pt) m
• Romanian: server n
• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Serbo-Croatian:
  Cyrillic: се̏рвер m
  Latin: sȅrver (sh) m
• Slovak: server m
• Slovene: strežnik (sl) m
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Swedish: server (sv) c, värddator (sv) c
• Tajik: сервер (server)
• Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• Turkish: sunucu (tr), server (tr)
• Turkmen: serwer
• Ukrainian: се́рвер m (sérver)
• Urdu: سَرْوَر (ur) m (sarvar)
• Uzbek: server (uz)
• Vietnamese: trình chủ, máy chủ (vi), máy phục vụ

computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs

• Arabic: خَادِم m (ḵādim)
• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʻ), սերվեր (hy) (server)
• Bulgarian: сървър m (sǎrvǎr)
• Catalan: servidor (ca) m
• Chinese:
  Mandarin: 服務器 / 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh) (sìfúqì)
• Dutch: server (nl) m
• Faroese: ambætari m
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinkone
• Galician: servidor (gl) m
• German: Server (de) m
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo)
• Latin: minster
• Malay: pelayan (ms)
• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: tjenermaskin m
  Nynorsk: tenarmaskin m or f
• Persian:
  Iranian Persian: سِرْوِر (server)
• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m, server (pt) m
• Romanian: server n
• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• Turkish: sunucu (tr), server (tr)
• Ukrainian: се́рвер m (sérver)
• Vietnamese: máy chủ (vi)

one who serves

• Arabic: خَادِم m (ḵādim), خَادِمَة f (ḵādimah)
• Armenian: սպասարկող (spasarkoġ), սպասավոր (hy) (spasavor)
• Bulgarian: сервитьо́р m (servitjór), сервитьо́рка (bg) f (servitjórka)
• Dutch: serveerder m, serveerster (nl) f
• Finnish: palvelija (fi), tarjoilija (fi)
• French: serviteur (fr) m, serviteuse (fr) f, serviteresse (fr) (religion), servante (fr) f
• German: Diener (de) m, Dienerin (de) f
• Greek: σερβιτόρος (el) m (servitóros), υπηρέτης (el) m (ypirétis), υπηρέτρια (el) f (ypirétria)
  Ancient Greek: ὑπηρέτης m (hupērétēs), ὑπηρέτρια f (hupērétria)
• Haitian Creole: sèvitè
• Hebrew: שרת (he) m, מלצר (he) m
• Italian: servente (it) m or f
• Low German:
  German Low German: Dener m, Denerin f, Denersch f, Denersche f
• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: servivør m
  Nynorsk: servitør m
• Persian:
  Iranian Persian: پیشْخِدْمَت (pišxedmat)
• Polish: kelner (pl) m, kelnerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Russian: служи́тель (ru) m (služítelʹ), служи́тельница (ru) f (služítelʹnica), официа́нт (ru) m (oficiánt) (waiter), официа́нтка (ru) f (oficiántka) (waitress)
• Spanish: sirviente (es) m or f, servidor (es) m, (please verify) servidriz f
• Swedish: betjänt (sv) c, servitör (sv) c
• Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter

a tray for dishes

• Armenian: սկուտեղ (hy) (skuteġ)
• Bulgarian: по́днос (bg) m (pódnos)
• Dutch: dienblad (nl) n
• Finnish: tarjotin (fi)
• Greek: δίσκος (el) m (dískos)
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Russian: подно́с (ru) m (podnós)
• Swedish: bricka (sv) c

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: (please verify) نَادِل m (nādil), (please verify) خَادِم m (ḵādim)

• French: (please verify) serveur (fr) m

• Icelandic: (please verify) miðlari (is) m, (please verify) netþjónn m

• Irish: (please verify) riarthóir m

• Italian: (please verify) server (it) m, (please verify) servente (it) m, (please verify) servitore (it) m

• Malay: (please verify) pelayan (ms), (please verify) server

• Norman: (please verify) sèrveux m (Jersey)

• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: (please verify) tjener (no) m
  Nynorsk: (please verify) tenar m

• Swedish: (please verify) server (sv) c

• Turkish: (please verify) sunucu (tr)

• revers, verser

From serva +‎ -er.

• IPA(key): (Central) [sərˈbe]
• IPA(key): (Balearic) [sərˈve]
• IPA(key): (Valencia) [seɾˈveɾ]

server m (plural servers)

1. serviceberry, Sorbus domestica (tree)

• severola
• “server”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

From English server.

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soe1 faa2

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
    * Jyutping: soe1 faa2
    * Yale: sēu fá
    * Cantonese Pinyin: soe1 faa2
    * Guangdong Romanization: sê1 fa2
    * Sinological IPA (key): /sœː⁵⁵ faː³⁵/

server

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) server (Classifier: 個／个 c; 部 c)

• (clipping) ser (soe1)

From English server.

• IPA(key): /ˈsʏrvər/
• Hyphenation: ser‧ver

server m (plural servers, diminutive servertje n)

1. (computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

• bestandsserver

• fileserver

• internetserver

• mailserver

• nieuwsserver

• printserver

• proxyserver

• webserver

• “server” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

• server on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

• revers, verser

Borrowed from English server.

• IPA(key): /ˈsɛr.ver/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛrver
• Hyphenation: sèr‧ver

server m (invariable)

1. (computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

2. ^ server in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

server

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

From English server.

• sørver

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server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)

1. (computing) a server

From English server. Akin to serve +‎ -er.

• sørver

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server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)

1. (tennis) the player who serves the ball

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• server

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server

1. imperative of servere

• “server” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “server” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• verser

From English server.

• sørvar

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server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural serverar, definite plural serverane)

1. (computing) a server
2. (tennis) the player who serves the ball

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• servér

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server

1. imperative of servera

• “server” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• verser

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛɦ.veh]

• (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛɦ.veh]

  • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɾ.veɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛʁ.veχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɻ.veɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐɾˈvɐɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐɾˈvɐɾ/

  • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐɾˈbɐɾ/ [sɐɾˈβɐɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sɐɾˈvɐ.ɾi/

server m (plural servers)

1. (computing, social media) a server
   Synonym: servidor
   • 2013, Felipe Castilho, Ouro, Fogo e Megabytes, Gutenberg, →ISBN, page 80:
     O server da Hawkwind reconheceria os códigos desonestos e daria um belo de um kick no traseiro gordo do Esmagossauro, ou de qualquer player que ousasse ser desonesto na rede.
     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

server n (plural servere)

1. (computing) server

• “server”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

server c

1. (computing) a server

• reserv, verser
• IPA(key): /sæɾˈvæɾ/
• Hyphenation: ser‧ver

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سرور, from Persian سَروَر (sarvar).

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

1. (archaic) master

• serverlik
• serveran

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

1. (computing) server
   Synonym: sunucu

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “server”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “server”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı