salver
See also: Sälver
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”).
Related terms
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]
Translations
tray used to display or serve food
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See also
salver on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
salvers on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Latin
Middle English
Norwegian Bokmål
Old French
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.
Conjugation of salver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | salver | avoir salvé | |||||
gerund | en salvant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | salve | — | salvons | salvez | — |
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