conserva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

Noun

conserva f (plural conserves)

1. conserve

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

conserva

1. inflection of conservar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

conserva

1. third-person singular past historic of conserver

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈsɛr.va/
• Rhymes: -ɛrva
• Hyphenation: con‧sèr‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

conserva f (plural conserve)

1. (foods) conserve
2. (foods) preserve

Further reading

• conserva1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

conserva

1. inflection of conservare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• conversa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈser.u̯a/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈser.va/,

Noun

cōnserva f (genitive cōnservae); first declension

1. a female fellow-slave

Declension

First-declension noun.

Verb

cōnservā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of cōnservō

References

• “conserva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conserva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conserva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• conserva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con‧ser‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

conserva f (plural conservas)

1. preservation (preparation of food so it lasts longer)
2. preserved food, such as pickles, jam or canned food
3. (archaic) convoy (ships sailing in company)
   • 1614, Fernão Mendes Pinto, Peregrinaçam:

     Partidas ambas eſtas fuſtas deſta fortaleza de Diu, & nauegando juntas em hũa conserua com tempo aſſaz forte, […]

     Once both pinnaces left the fortress of Diu, and sailing together in a convoy with strong weather,

Further reading

• “conserva” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913

Etymology 2

Verb

conserva

1. inflection of conservar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French conserver, from Latin conservare.

Verb

a conserva (third-person singular present conservă, past participle conservat) 1st conj.

1. to preserve

Conjugation

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈseɾba/
• Rhymes: -eɾba
• Syllabification: con‧ser‧va

Etymology 1

Noun

conserva f (plural conservas)

1. conserve

Further reading

• “conserva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Etymology 2

Clipping of conservador

Noun

conserva m (plural conservas)

1. (informal) A conservative
   • 2001 July 8, Jorge in Cambridge, “El Rechifle”, in ‎ (Usenet):

     Los conservas en las ultimas elecciones del mes pasado se presentaron con una plataforma basado en "keep the pound".

     The conservatives in the last elections last month showed up with a "keep the pound"-based platform.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

conserva

1. inflection of conservar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative