conserver
French, verb/kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/
conserver is spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-E-R (9 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written French, the 2,820th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Conserver is a French verb meaning “to keep (in a particular place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Maintenir en bon état ; apporter le soin nécessaire pour empêcher qu’une chose ne se gâte ou ne dépérisse”.
What does conserver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to keep (in a particular place)
Conserver la glace dans un congélateur.
- 2
to retain, conserve, preserve
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Maintenir en bon état ; apporter le soin nécessaire pour empêcher qu’une chose ne se gâte ou ne dépérisse. 2. Maintenir dans un certain état. 3. Ne pas perdre, empêcher qu’une personne ou qu’une chose ne périsse. 4. Assurer sa longévité en prenant beaucoup de soin de sa santé.
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 conserver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- conservant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- conservé participle past
- conserve first-person indicative present
- conserves indicative present second-person
- conservons first-person indicative plural
- conservez indicative plural present
- conservent indicative plural present
- conservais first-person imperfect indicative
- conservait imperfect indicative singular
- conservions first-person imperfect indicative
- conserviez imperfect indicative plural
- conservaient imperfect indicative plural
- conservai first-person historic indicative
- conservas historic indicative past
- conserva historic indicative past
- conservâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce conserver?
- /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/
- \kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve\
- [kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to conserver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is conserver in French?
conserver appears 28 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).