# server
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈsɜːvə/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈsɝvɚ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Canada):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)

### Noun

server (plural servers)
* (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.
    Antonym: client
* (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
** 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.
* (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
** 2020 August 11, EasyCompZeeland, “My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels… out of the blue”, in Official TeamSpeak Community Forum‎, TeamSpeak Server:Please take a look at my log its completely going haywire… My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels.
** 2020, “Beginner's Guide to Discord”, in Discord Help Center‎:Discord gives you the power to create an invite-only home for your friends or community - a place where you can talk, hang out, and have fun. We call these special places - servers [...]
** 2024 June 30, Narunzo, “I can't find a decent place where I can post a suggestion and it would be seen by staff in Guilded so I'm posting my suggestion here”, in Reddit‎, r/guilded:Basically like how there is an emoji button for statuses and bios but make them for certain settings such as channel names or descriptions. This little QOL(quality of life) change would add a slightly faster way of navigating through channels and add a nicer more organized appearance to some servers.
* One who serves.
** A waitress or waiter.
** (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
** (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.
    Synonyms: altar server, acolyte
* A tray for dishes.
    Synonym: salver
* A spoon for serving food.

#### Usage notes

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

#### Hyponyms

* data structure server
* dedicated server
* deskside server
* fileserver
* microserver
* miniserver
* pedestal server
* physical server
* server computer
* shared server
* stand-alone server
* stand-alone Web server
* timeserver, time-server
* virtual private server
* virtual server
* Web server
* wine server

#### Derived terms

* blade server
* cake server
* client-server
* distribution server
* DNS server
* domain name server
* eye-server
* file server
* jump server
* key server
* language server
* lip-server
* name server
* open proxy server
* pie server
* preprint server
* print server
* process server
* proxy server
* server farm
* serverless
* server-only
* server push
* server-side
* server-side rendering
* web server

#### Descendants

* → 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

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Further reading

* server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* server (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* altar server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* revers, verser

## Catalan
### Etymology

From serva +‎ -er.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

server m (plural servers)
* serviceberry, Sorbus domestica (tree)

#### Derived terms

* severola

### Further reading

* “server” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English server.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): soe$^1$ faa$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: soe$^1$ faa$^2$
*** Yale: sēu fá
*** Cantonese Pinyin: soe$^1$ faa$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sê$^1$ fa$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sœː⁵⁵ faː³⁵/

### Noun

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

### See also

* (clipping) ser (soe1)

## Dutch
### Etymology

From English server.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsʏrvər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ser‧ver

### Noun

server m (plural servers, diminutive servertje n)
* (computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

#### Derived terms

* bestandsserver
* fileserver
* internetserver
* mailserver
* nieuwsserver
* printserver
* proxyserver
* webserver

### Further reading

* “server” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
* server on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

### Anagrams

* revers, verser

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English server.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɛr.ver/
* Rhymes: -ɛrver
* Hyphenation: sèr‧ver

### Noun

server m (invariable)
* (computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

### References

* ↑ server in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Verb

server
* first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From English server.

#### Alternative forms

* sørver

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Noun

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

### Etymology 2

From English server. Akin to serve +‎ -er.

#### Alternative forms

* sørver

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Noun

server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)
* (tennis) the player who serves the ball

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* server

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Verb

server
* imperative of servere

### References

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

### Anagrams

* verser

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From English server.

#### Alternative forms

* sørvar

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Noun

server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural serverar, definite plural serverane)
* (computing) a server
* (tennis) the player who serves the ball

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* servér

#### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

#### Verb

server
* imperative of servera

### References

* “server” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* verser

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛɦ.veh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛɦ.veh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.veɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛʁ.veχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɛɻ.veɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.vɛɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.vɛɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɛɾ.bɛɾ/ [ˈsɛɾ.βɛɾ]

### Noun

server m (plural servers)
* (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)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

### Noun

server n (plural servere)
* (computing) server

#### Declension
### Further reading

* server in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Swedish
### Noun

server c
* (computing) a server

#### Declension
### Anagrams

* reserv, verser

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sæɾˈvæɾ/
* Hyphenation: ser‧ver

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from Persian سَروَر (sarvar).

#### Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)
* master

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
server
serverler
definite accusative
serveri
serverleri
dative
servere
serverlere
locative
serverde
serverlerde
ablative
serverden
serverlerden
genitive
serverin
serverlerin
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
serverim
serverlerim
2nd singular
serverin
serverlerin
3rd singular
serveri
serverleri
1st plural
serverimiz
serverlerimiz
2nd plural
serveriniz
serverleriniz
3rd plural
serverleri
serverleri
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
serverimi
serverlerimi
2nd singular
serverini
serverlerini
3rd singular
serverini
serverlerini
1st plural
serverimizi
serverlerimizi
2nd plural
serverinizi
serverlerinizi
3rd plural
serverlerini
serverlerini
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
serverime
serverlerime
2nd singular
serverine
serverlerine
3rd singular
serverine
serverlerine
1st plural
serverimize
serverlerimize
2nd plural
serverinize
serverlerinize
3rd plural
serverlerine
serverlerine
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
serverimde
serverlerimde
2nd singular
serverinde
serverlerinde
3rd singular
serverinde
serverlerinde
1st plural
serverimizde
serverlerimizde
2nd plural
serverinizde
serverlerinizde
3rd plural
serverlerinde
serverlerinde
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
serverimden
serverlerimden
2nd singular
serverinden
serverlerinden
3rd singular
serverinden
serverlerinden
1st plural
serverimizden
serverlerimizden
2nd plural
serverinizden
serverlerinizden
3rd plural
serverlerinden
serverlerinden
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
serverimin
serverlerimin
2nd singular
serverinin
serverlerinin
3rd singular
serverinin
serverlerinin
1st plural
serverimizin
serverlerimizin
2nd plural
serverinizin
serverlerinizin
3rd plural
serverlerinin
serverlerinin
Predicative forms
singular
plural
1st singular
serverim
serverlerim
2nd singular
serversin
serverlersin
3rd singular
server serverdir
serverler serverlerdir
1st plural
serveriz
serverleriz
2nd plural
serversiniz
serverlersiniz
3rd plural
serverler
serverlerdir :

##### Derived terms

* serverlik

##### Related terms

* serveran

### Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

#### Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)
* (computing) server
    Synonym: sunucu

### Further reading

* 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