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 Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

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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