salver
English
Etymology 1
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
salver (plural salvers)
- One who salves or cures.
- One who pretends to cure; a quacksalver.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From salve (“to save”) + -er.
Noun
salver (plural salvers)
- One who salves or saves goods, etc. from destruction or loss.
Etymology 3
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
salver (plural salvers)
- A tray used to display or serve food or other items (such as a visiting card). [from c. 1660]
- 2024 July 20, Adrienne Klasa, “LVMH strikes Olympic gold”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 5:
- As athletes mount the podiums, volunteers dressed in Louis Vuitton-designed uniforms will bear the awards, presented on Louis Vuitton-made salvers featuring the house's signature brown check.
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Further reading
- salver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:salvers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
Danish
Noun
salver c
- indefinite plural of salve
Verb
salver
- present of salve
Latin
Verb
salver
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of salvō
Middle English
Noun
salver
- alternative form of saveour
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
salver m or f
- indefinite plural of salve
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
salver m or f
- indefinite feminine plural of salve
Old French
Verb
salver
- alternative form of sauver
Conjugation
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 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | ||