reservoir

From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).[1]

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɑɹ/, /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɔɹ/, /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vɔɹ/

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reservoir (plural reservoirs)

1. A place where anything is kept in store
2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
4. A supply or source of something.
   • 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:

     Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola. A recent study explored the ecological variables that may contribute to bats’ propensity to harbor such zoonotic diseases by comparing them with another order of common reservoir hosts: rodents.

5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.

• receiving reservoir
• oil reservoir
• petroleum reservoir

• reserve

Borrowed from French réservoir.

• IPA^(key): /reː.zərˈvʋaːr/, /reː.zɛrˈvʋaːr/

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• Hyphenation: re‧ser‧voir

reservoir n (plural reservoirs, diminutive reservoirtje n)

1. reservoir

• waterreservoir