servant

Meaning

servir

  1. to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone)
  2. to be used for
  3. (intransitive) to be useful, to be of use, come in handy
  4. to serve (start a point with service)
  5. to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
  6. (reflexive) to help oneself, to serve oneself
  7. (reflexive) to use, make use

Translations

Frequency

C2
Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French servant, a substantivized present participle of servir. Cf. also Latin serviens, and French sergent.

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