conserver
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
conserver (plural conservers)
- One who, or that which, conserves.
Further reading edit
- “conserver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cōnservāre.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/
- Homophones: conservai, conservé, conservée, conservées, conservés, conservez
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Verb edit
conserver
- to keep (in a particular place)
- Conserver la glace dans un congélateur. ― Keep the ice cream in a freezer.
- 2008, Valérie Provost, Sophie Huyghues Despointes, transl., Psychologie sociale, (Social Psychology), De Boeck Université, →ISBN, page 301:
- Frappé par cette contradiction, il décida de conserver un suivi du traitement qu’on leur réservait tout au long de leur voyage.
- Struck by this contradiction, he decided to keep track of the treatment they received over the course of their trip.
- to retain, conserve, preserve
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of conserver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | conserver | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | conservant /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | conservé /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conserves /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conservons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ |
conservez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/ |
conservent /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect | conservais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
conservais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
conservait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/ |
conservions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ |
conserviez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vje/ |
conservaient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | conservai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/ |
conservas /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/ |
conserva /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/ |
conservâmes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vam/ |
conservâtes /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vat/ |
conservèrent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | conserverai /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁe/ |
conserveras /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁa/ |
conservera /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁa/ |
conserverons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/ |
conserverez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁe/ |
conserveront /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | conserverais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
conserverais /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
conserverait /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ |
conserverions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
conserveriez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁje/ |
conserveraient /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.və.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conserves /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
conservions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ |
conserviez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vje/ |
conservent /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect2 | conservasse /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/ |
conservasses /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/ |
conservât /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va/ |
conservassions /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sjɔ̃/ |
conservassiez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.va.sje/ |
conservassent /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | conserve /kɔ̃.sɛʁv/ |
— | conservons /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ |
conservez /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “conserver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /konˈser.u̯er/, [kõːˈs̠ɛru̯ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /konˈser.ver/, [konˈsɛrver]
Verb edit
cōnserver
Old French edit
Etymology edit
First known attestation 842 in the Oaths of Strasbourg. Borrowed from Latin cōnservō.
Verb edit
conserver
- to keep (e.g. a promise)
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of conserver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | conserver | avoir conservé | |||||
| gerund | en conservant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | conservant | ||||||
| past participle | conservé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | conserf | conserves | conserve | conservons | conservez | conservent |
| imperfect | conservoie, conserveie, conservoe, conserveve | conservoies, conserveies, conservoes, conserveves | conservoit, conserveit, conservot, conserveve | conserviiens, conserviens | conserviiez, conserviez | conservoient, conserveient, conservoent, conservevent | |
| preterite | conservai | conservas | conserva | conservames | conservastes | conserverent | |
| future | conserverai | conserveras | conservera | conserverons | conserveroiz, conservereiz, conserverez | conserveront | |
| conditional | conserveroie, conservereie | conserveroies, conservereies | conserveroit, conservereit | conserveriiens, conserveriens | conserveriiez, conserveriez | conserveroient, conservereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | conserf | consers | consert | conservons | conservez | conservent |
| imperfect | conservasse | conservasses | conservast | conservissons, conservissiens | conservissoiz, conservissez, conservissiez | conservassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | conserve | — | conservons | conservez | — | ||
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (conserver, supplement)
- conserver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub