Italian

Noun

serva f ‎(plural serve, masculine servo)

1. servant, maid

Synonyms

• domestica, cameriera

Derived terms

• servetta

Verb

serva

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of servire
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of servire
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of servire
4. third-person singular imperative of servire

Anagrams

• versa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.wa/, [ˈsɛr.wa]

Noun

serva f ‎(genitive servae); first declension

1. a female slave
2. vocative singular of serva

servā f

1. ablative singular of serva

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• servus

Verb

servā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of servō

References

• serva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SERVA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
    

Swedish

Verb

serva ‎(present servar, preterite servade, supine servat, imperative serva)

1. (sports) to serve (in tennis or volleyball); to put the ball in motion
2. to give service (to a car), to service, to maintain, to lube

Conjugation

References

• serva in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)