réserve

French

Etymology

Deverbal from réserver.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.zɛʁv/
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Noun

réserve f (plural réserves)

  1. reservation
    sous réserve des conditions suivantessubject to the following conditions
  2. reserve; stock
  3. stockroom
  4. (military) reserve (body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; force or body of troops kept for an exigency)
  5. (North America) spare (bowling)
  6. reserve; reservation (land allocated for indigenous peoples)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Romanian: rezervă
  • Russian: резе́рв (rezérv)
  • Turkish: rezerv
  • Ukrainian: резе́рв (rezérv)

Verb

réserve

  1. inflection of réserver:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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