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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle English preserven, from Old French preserver, from Medieval Latin prēservāre (“keep, preserve”), from Late Latin praeservāre (“guard beforehand”), from prae (“before”, adverb) + servāre (“maintain, keep”).
Pronunciation
Noun
preserve (countable and uncountable, plural preserves)
- A sweet spread made of any of a variety of fruits.
- Synonyms: jam, jelly, marmalade
- A reservation, a nature preserve.
1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:Suppose Shakespeare had been knocked on the head some dark night in Sir Thomas Lucy's preserves, the world would have wagged on better or worse, the pitcher gone to the well, the scythe to the corn, and the student to his book; and no one been any the wiser of the loss.
- An activity with restricted access.
2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them, which is then licensed to related businesses in high-tax countries, is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.
Usage notes
More often used in the plural, as strawberry preserves, but the form without the -s can also be used as the plural form, or to refer to a single type.
Derived terms
Translations
activity with restricted access
See also
Verb
preserve (third-person singular simple present preserves, present participle preserving, simple past and past participle preserved)
- To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
Every people have the right to preserve its identity and culture.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:When Pistol lies, do this, and fig me like / The bragging Spaniard.
- To save from decay by the use of some preservative substance, such as sugar or salt; to season and prepare (fruits, meat, etc.) for storage.
to preserve peaches or grapes
- To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
to preserve appearances; to preserve silence
1908, G[ilbert] K[eith] Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare, Bristol: J W Arrowsmith, ; London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, →OCLC, page 266:Better men than you, men who could believe and obey, twisted the entrails of iron and preserved the legend of fire.
Derived terms
Translations
to protect
- Arabic: حَافَظَ (ḥāfaẓa)
- Armenian: պահպանել (hy) (pahpanel)
- Azerbaijani: qoruyub-saxlamaq
- Bashkir: һаҡлау (haqlaw)/һаҡтау (haqtaw)
- Bulgarian: предпазвам (bg) (predpazvam), охранявам (bg) (ohranjavam)
- Catalan: preservar (ca)
- Cherokee: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: chránit (cs)
- Danish: bevare (da)
- Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: beschermen (nl)
- Estonian: säilitama (et)
- Finnish: säilyttää (fi), suojella (fi), suojata (fi), pitää (fi), turvata (fi)
- French: préserver (fr)
- Galician: preservar (gl)
- German: erhalten (de), bewahren (de)
- Haitian Creole: konsève
- Ido: prezervar (io), konservar (io)
- Irish: caomhnaigh, coinnigh
- Italian: preservare (it), proteggere (it), salvaguardare (it)
- Khmer: គាំពារ (km) (koam pie), អភិរក្ស (a’pʰi’reak)
- Latin: conservo (la), tueor
- Macedonian: за́штити (záštiti)
- Mirandese: preserbar
- Occitan: preservar (oc)
- Polabian: ai̯băroi̯
- Polish: zachować (pl)
- Portuguese: preservar (pt)
- Romanian: proteja (ro)
- Russian: защища́ть (ru) impf (zaščiščátʹ), защити́ть (ru) pf (zaščitítʹ), оберега́ть (ru) impf (oberegátʹ), обере́чь (ru) pf (oberéčʹ), охраня́ть (ru) impf (oxranjátʹ), охрани́ть (ru) pf (oxranítʹ)
- Sanskrit: पाति (sa) (pāti)
- Scottish Gaelic: dìon
- Sicilian: prisirvari
- Spanish: preservar (es)
- Swedish: bevara (sv)
- Turkish: korumak (tr), muhafaza etmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: захища́ти (zaxyščáty), оберіга́ти (oberiháty), охороня́ти (oxoronjáty)
- Welsh: cadw (cy)
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to prepare food for storage
to keep; to maintain the condition of
- Bashkir: һаҡлау (haqlaw)/һаҡтау (haqtaw)
- Bulgarian: пазя (bg) (pazja), спазвам (bg) (spazvam)
- Catalan: conservar (ca)
- Czech: uchovat, uchovávat
- Dutch: bewaren (nl), in stand houden
- Finnish: pitää (fi), ylläpitää (fi), säilyttää (fi)
- French: conserver (fr)
- German: bewahren (de), aufrechterhalten (de)
- Ido: konservar (io)
- Irish: leasaigh
- Italian: preservare (it)
- Khmer: រក្សា (km) (reaksaa)
- Latin: tueor
- Macedonian: за́чува (záčuva)
- Portuguese: conservar (pt)
- Romanian: întreține (ro)
- Russian: сохраня́ть (ru) impf (soxranjátʹ), сохрани́ть (ru) pf (soxranítʹ)
- Sanskrit: धरति (sa) (dharati)
- Scottish Gaelic: (food) saill
- Spanish: conservar (es)
- Turkish: devam ettirmek (tr), muhafaza etmek (tr), sürdürmek (tr)
- Ukrainian: зберіга́ти (zberiháty), зберегти́ (zberehtý)
- Vietnamese: bảo tồn (vi)
- Welsh: cyffeithio (cy) (literary), preserfio
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Portuguese
Verb
preserve
- inflection of preservar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
preserve
- inflection of preservar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative