"servire" meaning in Italian

See servire in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /serˈvi.re/
Rhymes: -ire Etymology: From Latin servīre. Etymology templates: {{inh|it|la|servio|servīre}} Latin servīre Head templates: {{it-verb|a􂀿transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve"􂁀:e􂀿in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary"􂁀/@}} servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve") avére or (in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary") èssere) Inflection templates: {{it-conj|a􂀿transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve"􂁀:e􂀿in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary"􂁀/@}} Forms: servìre [canonical], sèrvo [first-person, present, singular], servìi [first-person, historic, past, singular], servìto [participle, past], avére [auxiliary, intransitive, transitive], èssere [auxiliary], no-table-tags [table-tags], servìre [infinitive], avére [auxiliary], èssere [auxiliary], servèndo [gerund], servènte [participle, present], servìto [participle, past], sèrvo [first-person, indicative, present, singular], sèrvi [indicative, present, second-person, singular], sèrve [indicative, present, singular, third-person], serviàmo [first-person, indicative, plural, present], servìte [indicative, plural, present, second-person], sèrvono [indicative, plural, present, third-person], servìvo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], servìvi [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], servìva [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], servivàmo [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], servivàte [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], servìvano [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], servìi [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], servìsti [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], servì [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], servìmmo [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], servìste [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], servìrono [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], servirò [first-person, future, indicative, singular], servirài [future, indicative, second-person, singular], servirà [future, indicative, singular, third-person], servirémo [first-person, future, indicative, plural], serviréte [future, indicative, plural, second-person], servirànno [future, indicative, plural, third-person], servirèi [conditional, first-person, present, singular], servirésti [conditional, present, second-person, singular], servirèbbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], servirébbe [conditional, present, singular, third-person], servirémmo [conditional, first-person, plural, present], serviréste [conditional, plural, present, second-person], servirèbbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], servirébbero [conditional, plural, present, third-person], sèrva [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], sèrva [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], sèrva [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], serviàmo [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], serviàte [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], sèrvano [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], servìssi [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], servìssi [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], servìsse [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], servìssimo [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], servìste [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], servìssero [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], sèrvi [imperative, second-person, singular], sèrva [formal, imperative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], serviàmo [first-person, imperative, plural], servìte [imperative, plural, second-person], sèrvano [formal, imperative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person], servìre [imperative, negative, second-person, singular], sèrva [formal, imperative, negative, second-person-semantically, singular, third-person], serviàmo [first-person, imperative, negative, plural], servìte [imperative, negative, plural, second-person], sèrvano [formal, imperative, negative, plural, second-person-semantically, third-person]
  1. (transitive, also sports) to serve (in all senses) Tags: also, transitive Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-servire-it-verb-h3nT6tLn Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Italian links with redundant wikilinks, Italian verbs ending in -ire Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 56 4 35 5 Disambiguation of Italian links with redundant wikilinks: 51 6 36 7 Disambiguation of Italian verbs ending in -ire: 47 12 27 14 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (intransitive) to serve [+ a (someone)] [auxiliary avere] Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-servire-it-verb-G0CweuDS Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 6 30 37 26
  3. to be useful [auxiliary essere]
    Sense id: en-servire-it-verb-6ZMvcB7v Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary, Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 6 30 37 26 Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking essere as auxiliary: 6 26 40 28
  4. to be necessary [+ a (someone) = to] [auxiliary essere]
    Sense id: en-servire-it-verb-Pfi1qBX4 Categories (other): Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary Disambiguation of Italian verbs taking avere as auxiliary: 6 30 37 26
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: serva, servente, serviente, servile, servirsi, servitore, servitù, servizio, servo

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "subjunctive"
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      "form": "sèrva",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "servìssero",
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      "tags": [
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        "third-person"
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        "sports"
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          "text": "servire a tavola",
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}

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