conserver

conserve +‎ -er

conserver (plural conservers)

1. One who, or that which, conserves.

• “conserver”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• converser

Borrowed from Latin cōnservāre.

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɛʁ.ve/
• Homophones: conservai, conservé, conservée, conservées, conservés, conservez

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conserver

1. to keep (in a particular place)

   Conserver la glace dans un congélateur. ― Keep the ice cream in a freezer.

   • 2008, Valérie Provost, Sophie Huyghues Despointes, transl., Psychologie sociale, (Social Psychology), De Boeck Université, →ISBN, page 301:

     Frappé par cette contradiction, il décida de conserver un suivi du traitement qu’on leur réservait tout au long de leur voyage.

     Struck by this contradiction, he decided to keep track of the treatment they received over the course of their trip.

2. to retain, conserve, preserve

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

• crèverons, recevrons

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈser.u̯er/, [kõːˈs̠ɛru̯ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈser.ver/, [konˈsɛrver]

cōnserver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of cōnservō

First known attestation 842 in the Oaths of Strasbourg. Borrowed from Latin cōnservō.

conserver

1. to keep (e.g. a promise)

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.

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (conserver, supplement)
• conserver on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub