servei

From Old Catalan servey, from Latin servitium. Doublet of servici, an early borrowing from Latin.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sərˈbɛj]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sərˈvəj]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seɾˈvej]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

servei m (plural serveis)

1. service
2. duty
3. favour (kind deed)
4. (euphemistic) toilet
5. (sports) service, serve, kick-off

• “servei” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “servei”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “servei”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “servei” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.