serva

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.va/, [ˈs̪ɛr̺vä]
• Stress: sèrva
• Hyphenation: ser‧va

From Latin serva.

serva f (plural serve, masculine servo)

1. (literary) (female) slave

   Synonym: schiava

2. servant, maid

   domestica, cameriera

• servetta

See the etymology of the main entry.

serva

1. Feminine singular of adjective servo.

See the etymology of the main entry.

serva

1. inflection of servire:
   1. first-person singular present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular present subjunctive
   4. third-person singular imperative

• versa

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.wa/, [ˈsɛr.wa]

serva f (genitive servae); first declension

1. a female slave

First declension.

• servus

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈser.waː/, [ˈsɛr.waː]

servā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of servō

• serva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• serva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serva in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to examine slaves by torture: de servis quaerere (in dominum)
    

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.vɐ/

serva

1. feminine equivalent of servo

serva

1. Feminine singular of adjective servo.

serva (present servar, preterite servade, supine servat, imperative serva)

1. (sports) to serve (in tennis or volleyball); to put the ball in motion
2. to give service (to a car), to service, to maintain, to lube

• serva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)