servir
Meaning
- to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone)
- to be used for
- to be useful, to be of use, come in handy
- to serve (start a point with service)
- to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
- to help oneself, to serve oneself
- to use, make use
Concepts
be of use
couple with
wait at table
work for
be unable to
find difficult to do
useful to
serve well
Synonyms
être nécessaire
être utile
faire le service
se servir
être incapable
travailler pour
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɛʁ.viʁ/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French servir, from Old French servir, from Latin servīre.
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