conserve
French, noun
conserve is spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E (8 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written French, the 4,565th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conserve is a French feminine noun meaning “canned food, preserve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of conserver. With an accent, conservé is a different word: “past participle of conserver”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Préservation des aliments”.
What does conserve mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecanned food, preserve
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of conserver
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Préservation des aliments. 2. Toute sorte de substances alimentaires, cuites et conservées dans des boîtes ou dans des bouteilles hermétiquement fermées.
noun: 1. Sorte de verre sans correction optique de couleur variée. 2. Lunettes de vue avec de tels verres.
noun: 1. Mouvement d'un navire qui fait route avec un autre, pour le secourir ou pour en être secouru dans l’occasion. 2. Ce bateau qui accompagne l'autre pour le protéger.
adjective: 1. Préparé sous la forme de conserve alimentaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of conserve
- conserves plural
- conservée feminine
- conservés masculine plural
- conservées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to conserve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conserve in French?
conserve appears 16 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).