server

See also: Server

English

A Viennese beer server (4.1)

A rack-mounted server (2) computer

Etymology

From Middle English servere, equivalent to serve +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɜːvə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɝvɚ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (Canada):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)və(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: serv‧er

Noun

server (plural servers)

2. (computing) A program that provides services to other programs or devices, either in the same computer or over a computer network.

   Antonym: client

4. (computing) A computer dedicated to running such programs.
   • 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:

     Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet.

6. (social media) A community space where only those who joined it can communicate in channels.
   • 2020 August 11, EasyCompZeeland, “My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels… out of the blue”, in Official TeamSpeak Community Forum‎^[1], TeamSpeak Server:

     Please take a look at my log its completely going haywire… My server is changing the admin name and doesn’t store any created channels.

   • 2020, “Beginner's Guide to Discord”, in Discord Help Center‎^[2]:

     Discord gives you the power to create an invite-only home for your friends or community - a place where you can talk, hang out, and have fun. We call these special places - servers [...]

   • 2024 June 30, Narunzo, “I can't find a decent place where I can post a suggestion and it would be seen by staff in Guilded so I'm posting my suggestion here”, in Reddit‎^[3], r/guilded:

     Basically like how there is an emoji button for statuses and bios but make them for certain settings such as channel names or descriptions. This little QOL(quality of life) change would add a slightly faster way of navigating through channels and add a nicer more organized appearance to some servers.

7. One who serves.
   1. A waitress or waiter.
   2. (tennis, volleyball) The player who serves the ball.
   3. (Christianity) A priest's attendant at the celebration of the Eucharist.

      Synonyms: altar server, acolyte

8. A tray for dishes.

   Synonym: salver

9. A spoon for serving food.

Usage notes

• (one who serves): Some prefer server to waiter or waitress because it is gender-neutral.

Hyponyms

computing

• anarchy server
• application server
• database server
• data structure server
• dedicated server
• deskside server
• fileserver
• microserver
• miniserver
• pedestal server
• physical server
• shared server
• stand-alone server
• stand-alone Web server
• timeserver, time-server
• virtual private server
• virtual server
• Web server

• (waiter): wine server

Derived terms

• server computer

Derived terms

• blade server
• cake server
• chunkserver
• client-server
• cockserver
• cross-server
• distribution server
• DNS server
• domain name server
• eye-server
• file server
• interserver
• jump server
• keyserver
• key server
• language server
• lip-server
• listserver
• metaserver
• mirror server journal
• multiserver
• name server
• nonserver
• open proxy server
• pie server
• preprint server
• print server
• process server
• proxy server
• servent
• server farm
• serverless
• serverlet
• servermate
• server-only
• server push
• server-side
• server-side rendering
• server-side storage
• serverwide
• servlet
• streaming server
• subserver
• superserver
• web server

Descendants

• → Danish: server
• → Dutch: server
• → German: Server
• → Hindi: सर्वर (sarvar)
• → Hungarian: szerver
• → Italian: server m
• → Japanese: サーバー (sābā)
• → Korean: 서버 (seobeo)
• → Norwegian Bokmål: server, sørver
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: server, sørvar
• → Persian: سرور
• → Polish: serwer
• → Portuguese: server
• → Romanian: server n
• → Russian: се́рвер (sérver)
• → Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• → Turkish: server

Translations

computing: a program which provides services to other programs or users

• Albanian: server m
• Arabic: خَادُوم m (ḵādūm), حَاسِب خَادِم m (ḥāsib ḵādim), خَادِم m (ḵādim), مُلَقِّم m (mulaqqim) (dated), مُخَدِّم m (muḵaddim)
• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʻ)
• Azerbaijani: server
• Belarusian: се́рвер m (sjérvjer), сэ́рвэр m (sérver)
• Bengali: সার্ভার (śarbhar)
• Bulgarian: съ́рвър m (sǎ́rvǎr)
• Burmese: ဆာဗာ (hcaba), ဆာဗိုစနစ် (hcabuica.nac)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 服務器 / 服务器 (fuk⁶ mou⁶ hei³), 伺服器 (si⁶ fuk⁶ hei³)

  Mandarin: 服務器 / 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh) (sìfúqì)

• Czech: server (cs) m
• Danish: server (da) c
• Dutch: server (nl) m
• Esperanto: servilo (eo)
• Estonian: server (et)
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinohjelma
• French: serveur (fr) m
• Galician: servidor (gl) m
• Georgian: სერვერი (serveri)
• German: Server (de) m
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
• Hebrew: שָׁרָת (he) m (sharát)
• Hindi: सर्वर m (sarvar)
• Hungarian: szerver (hu)
• Icelandic: miðlari (is) m
• Indonesian: peladen (id)
• Italian: server (it) m
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Kazakh: сервер (server)
• Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនមេ (maasiin mei)
• Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo), 봉사기(奉仕器) (bongsagi) (North Korea)
• Kyrgyz: сервер (server)
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: serveris m
• Lithuanian: serveris (lt) m
• Macedonian: сервер m (server), опслужувач m (opslužuvač)
• Malay: pelayan (ms)
• Māori: tūmau
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: сервер (server)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tjener (no) m, server m

  Nynorsk: tenar m, server m

• Occitan: servidor (oc) m
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: سِرْوِر (server), کارساز (fa) (kârsâz)

• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m, server (pt) m
• Romanian: server n
• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: се̏рвер m

  Latin: sȅrver (sh) m

• Slovak: server m
• Slovene: strežnik (sl) m
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Swedish: server (sv) c, värddator (sv) c
• Tajik: сервер (server)
• Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• Turkish: sunucu (tr), server (tr)
• Turkmen: serwer
• Ukrainian: се́рвер m (sérver)
• Urdu: سَرْوَر (ur) m (sarvar)
• Uzbek: server (uz)
• Vietnamese: trình chủ, máy chủ (vi), máy phục vụ

computing: a computer dedicated to running server programs

• Arabic: خَادِم m (ḵādim)
• Armenian: սպասարկիչ (spasarkičʻ), սերվեր (hy) (server)
• Bulgarian: сървър m (sǎrvǎr)
• Catalan: servidor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 服務器 / 服务器 (zh) (fúwùqì), 伺服器 (zh) (sìfúqì)

• Dutch: server (nl) m
• Faroese: ambætari m
• Finnish: palvelin (fi), palvelinkone
• Galician: servidor (gl) m
• German: Server (de) m
• Greek: εξυπηρετητής (el) m (exypiretitís)
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Korean: 서버 (ko) (seobeo)
• Latin: minster
• Malay: pelayan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tjenermaskin m

  Nynorsk: tenarmaskin m or f

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: سِرْوِر (server)

• Polish: serwer (pl) m
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m, server (pt) m
• Romanian: server n
• Russian: се́рвер (ru) m (sérver)
• Spanish: servidor (es) m
• Thai: เซิร์ฟเวอร์ (sə́əp-wə̂ə)
• Turkish: sunucu (tr), server (tr)
• Ukrainian: се́рвер m (sérver)
• Vietnamese: máy chủ (vi)

one who serves

• Arabic: خَادِم m (ḵādim), خَادِمَة f (ḵādimah)
• Armenian: սպասարկող (spasarkoġ), սպասավոր (hy) (spasavor)
• Bulgarian: сервитьо́р m (servitjór), сервитьо́рка (bg) f (servitjórka)
• Dutch: serveerder m, serveerster (nl) f
• Finnish: palvelija (fi), tarjoilija (fi)
• French: serviteur (fr) m, serviteuse (fr) f, serviteresse (fr) (religion), servante (fr) f
• German: Diener (de) m, Dienerin (de) f
• Greek: σερβιτόρος (el) m (servitóros), υπηρέτης (el) m (ypirétis), υπηρέτρια (el) f (ypirétria)

  Ancient Greek: ὑπηρέτης m (hupērétēs), ὑπηρέτρια f (hupērétria)

• Haitian Creole: sèvitè
• Hebrew: שרת (he) m, מלצר (he) m
• Italian: servente (it) m or f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Dener m, Denerin f, Denersch f, Denersche f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: servivør m

  Nynorsk: servitør m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: پیشْخِدْمَت (pišxedmat)

• Polish: kelner (pl) m, kelnerka (pl) f
• Portuguese: servidor (pt) m
• Russian: служи́тель (ru) m (služítelʹ), служи́тельница (ru) f (služítelʹnica), официа́нт (ru) m (oficiánt) (waiter), официа́нтка (ru) f (oficiántka) (waitress)
• Spanish: sirviente (es) m or f, servidor (es) m, ^{(please verify)} servidriz f
• Swedish: betjänt (sv) c, servitör (sv) c
• Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

preferred unisex term for a waitress or waiter

• Dutch: bediening (nl) f
• Finnish: tarjoilija (fi)
• Galician: camareiro (gl) m, camareira f
• German: Bedienung (de) f
• Ingrian: taritsija
• Latin: minister
• Norman: sèrveux m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: serveringspersonell n

  Nynorsk: serveringsperonell n

• Swedish: personal (sv) c, serveringspersonal c
• Turkish: hizmetçi (tr)

a tray for dishes

• Armenian: սկուտեղ (hy) (skuteġ)
• Bulgarian: по́днос (bg) m (pódnos)
• Dutch: dienblad (nl) n
• Finnish: tarjotin (fi)
• Greek: δίσκος (el) m (dískos)
• Japanese: サーバー (ja) (sābā)
• Russian: подно́с (ru) m (podnós)
• Swedish: bricka (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} نَادِل m (nādil), ^{(please verify)} خَادِم m (ḵādim)
• French: ^{(please verify)} serveur (fr) m
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} miðlari (is) m, ^{(please verify)} netþjónn m
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} riarthóir m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} server (it) m, ^{(please verify)} servente (it) m, ^{(please verify)} servitore (it) m
• Malay: ^{(please verify)} pelayan (ms), ^{(please verify)} server
• Norman: ^{(please verify)} sèrveux m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ^{(please verify)} tjener (no) m

  Nynorsk: ^{(please verify)} tenar m

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} server (sv) c
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} sunucu (tr)

Further reading

• server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• server (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• altar server on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• revers, verser

Catalan

Etymology

From serva +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sərˈbe]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sərˈve]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seɾˈveɾ]

Noun

server m (plural servers)

1. serviceberry, Sorbus domestica (tree)

Derived terms

• severola

Further reading

• “server”, 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

Chinese

Etymology

From English server.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soe¹ faa²

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soe¹ faa²
    • Yale: sēu fá
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soe¹ faa²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sê¹ fa²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœː⁵⁵ faː³⁵/

Noun

server

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, computing) server (Classifier: 個／个 c; 部 c)

See also

• (clipping) ser (soe1)

Dutch

Etymology

From English server.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʏrvər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ser‧ver

Noun

server m (plural servers, diminutive servertje n)

1. (computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

Derived terms

• bestandsserver
• fileserver
• internetserver
• mailserver
• nieuwsserver
• printserver
• proxyserver
• webserver

Further reading

• “server” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
• server on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Anagrams

• revers, verser

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English server.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛr.ver/
• Rhymes: -ɛrver
• Hyphenation: sèr‧ver

Noun

server m (invariable)

1. (computing) server (a computer or software that provides services to other programs or users)

Latin

Verb

server

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of servō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English server.

Alternative forms

• sørver

Noun

server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)

1. (computing) a server

Etymology 2

From English server. Akin to serve +‎ -er.

Alternative forms

• sørver

Noun

server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural servere, definite plural serverne)

1. (tennis) the player who serves the ball

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• server

Verb

server

1. imperative of servere

References

• “server” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “server” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Anagrams

• verser

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English server.

Alternative forms

• sørvar

Noun

server m (definite singular serveren, indefinite plural serverar, definite plural serverane)

1. (computing) a server
2. (tennis) the player who serves the ball

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

• servér

Verb

server

1. imperative of servera

References

• “server” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• verser

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛɦ.veh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛɦ.veh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɾ.veɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛʁ.veʁ/ [ˈsɛʁ.veχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɻ.veɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈvɐɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈvɐɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈbɐɾ/ [sɐɾˈβɐɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐɾˈvɐ.ɾi/

Noun

server m (plural servers)

1. (computing, social media) a server

   Synonym: servidor

   • 2013, Felipe Castilho, Ouro, Fogo e Megabytes, Gutenberg, →ISBN, page 80:

     O server da Hawkwind reconheceria os códigos desonestos e daria um belo de um kick no traseiro gordo do Esmagossauro, ou de qualquer player que ousasse ser desonesto na rede.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Noun

server n (plural servere)

1. (computing) server

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	server	serverul	servere	serverele
genitive-dative	server	serverului	servere	serverelor
vocative	serverule		serverelor

Further reading

• “server”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Swedish

Noun

server c

1. (computing) a server

Declension

Declension of server

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	server	servers
	definite	servern	serverns
plural	indefinite	servrar	servrars
	definite	servrarna	servrarnas

Anagrams

• reserv, verser

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sæɾˈvæɾ/
• Hyphenation: ser‧ver

Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سرور, from Persian سَروَر (sarvar).

Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

1. (archaic) master

Declension

Declension of server

singular plural nominative server serverler definite accusative serveri serverleri dative servere serverlere locative serverde serverlerde ablative serverden serverlerden genitive serverin serverlerin Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular serverim serverlerim 2nd singular serverin serverlerin 3rd singular serveri serverleri 1st plural serverimiz serverlerimiz 2nd plural serveriniz serverleriniz 3rd plural serverleri serverleri definite accusative singular plural 1st singular serverimi serverlerimi 2nd singular serverini serverlerini 3rd singular serverini serverlerini 1st plural serverimizi serverlerimizi 2nd plural serverinizi serverlerinizi 3rd plural serverlerini serverlerini dative singular plural 1st singular serverime serverlerime 2nd singular serverine serverlerine 3rd singular serverine serverlerine 1st plural serverimize serverlerimize 2nd plural serverinize serverlerinize 3rd plural serverlerine serverlerine locative singular plural 1st singular serverimde serverlerimde 2nd singular serverinde serverlerinde 3rd singular serverinde serverlerinde 1st plural serverimizde serverlerimizde 2nd plural serverinizde serverlerinizde 3rd plural serverlerinde serverlerinde ablative singular plural 1st singular serverimden serverlerimden 2nd singular serverinden serverlerinden 3rd singular serverinden serverlerinden 1st plural serverimizden serverlerimizden 2nd plural serverinizden serverlerinizden 3rd plural serverlerinden serverlerinden genitive singular plural 1st singular serverimin serverlerimin 2nd singular serverinin serverlerinin 3rd singular serverinin serverlerinin 1st plural serverimizin serverlerimizin 2nd plural serverinizin serverlerinizin 3rd plural serverlerinin serverlerinin Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular serverim serverlerim 2nd singular serversin serverlersin 3rd singular server serverdir serverler serverlerdir 1st plural serveriz serverleriz 2nd plural serversiniz serverlersiniz 3rd plural serverler serverlerdir

Derived terms

• serverlik

Related terms

• serveran

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English server.

Noun

server (definite accusative serveri, plural serverler)

1. (computing) server

   Synonym: sunucu

Further reading

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “server”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “server”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı