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servire

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See also: serviré

Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin servīre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /serˈvi.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: ser‧vì‧re

Verb

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servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve") avére or (in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary") èssere)

  1. (transitive, also sports) to serve (in all senses)
  2. (intransitive) to serve [with a ‘someone’] [auxiliary avere]
    servire a due padronito serve two masters
    servire a tavolato serve food (literally, “to serve at table”)
  3. to be useful [auxiliary essere]
  4. to be necessary [with a ‘to someone’] [auxiliary essere]
    mi servono cinque pizzeI need five pizzas

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • servire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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servīre

  1. present active infinitive of serviō

Romanian

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Etymology

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From servi +‎ -re.

Noun

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servire f (uncountable)

  1. service

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative servire servirea
genitive-dative serviri servirii
vocative servire, servireo