salver
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English salver (attested only in the sense of "ointment box"), from Old English *sealfere (“salver, one who anoints”), equivalent to salve + -er. Cognate with Dutch zalver (“salver”), German Salber (“salver”).
Noun edit
salver (plural salvers)
- One who salves or cures.
- One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From salve (“to save”) + -er.
Noun edit
salver (plural salvers)
- One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.
Etymology 3 edit
From Middle English salver (“serving platter”), from Spanish salva (“a testing of food or drink to test for poison”), from salvar (“to save, taste food for one's master”), from Latin salvō (“save”, verb). More at save.
Noun edit
salver (plural salvers)
- A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card). [from c. 1660]
Translations edit
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See also edit
- salver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:salvers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Noun edit
salver c
Verb edit
salver
Latin edit
Verb edit
salver
Middle English edit
Noun edit
salver
- Alternative form of saveour
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
salver m or f
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
salver m or f
Old French edit
Verb edit
salver
- Alternative form of sauver
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.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | salver | avoir salvé | |||||
gerund | en salvant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | salvant | ||||||
past participle | salvé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | salf | salves | salve | salvons | salvez | salvent |
imperfect | salvoie, salveie, salvoe, salveve | salvoies, salveies, salvoes, salveves | salvoit, salveit, salvot, salveve | salviiens, salviens | salviiez, salviez | salvoient, salveient, salvoent, salvevent | |
preterite | salvai | salvas | salva | salvames | salvastes | salverent | |
future | salverai | salveras | salvera | salverons | salveroiz, salvereiz, salverez | salveront | |
conditional | salveroie, salvereie | salveroies, salvereies | salveroit, salvereit | salveriiens, salveriens | salveriiez, salveriez | salveroient, salvereient | |
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 | salf | sals | salt | salvons | salvez | salvent |
imperfect | salvasse | salvasses | salvast | salvissons, salvissiens | salvissoiz, salvissez, salvissiez | salvassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | salve | — | salvons | salvez | — |