réserve

See also: reserve, Reserve, réservé, reservé, and rêsèrvé

French

Etymology

Deverbal from réserver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.zɛʁv/

• Audio:

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Noun

réserve f (plural réserves)

1. reservation

   sous réserve des conditions suivantes ― subject 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)

Derived terms

• réserve naturelle
• sans réserve
• sous réserve de
• sous réserve que
• réserviste

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

Further reading

• “réserve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• reverse, reversé