serve
French, verb/sɛʁv/
serve is spelled S-E-R-V-E (5 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written French, the 14,436th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serve is a French verb meaning “first/third-person singular present subjunctive of servir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does serve mean in English?
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive of servir
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme attachée au domaine qu’elle cultive moyennant redevance au seigneur qui en est le propriétaire.
noun: 1. Réservoir d’eau alimenté par la pluie, une source, un ruisseau, etc. 2. Mare, point d’eau.
adjective: 1. Variante de la forme d’adjectif serve.
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 serve
- serves plural
- serf masculine
- servés plural masculine
- servée singular feminine
- servées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serve?
- /sɛʁv/
- \sɛʁv\
- \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 serve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is serve in French?
serve appears 3.5 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).