Serve

"Serve" in French

service

(sports: act of putting the ball or shuttlecock in play)

purger

(to spend time (of punishment))

servir

(to work for)

servir

(religion: to obey and worship)

servir

(to bring food to)

servir

(sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball))

servir

(to be a servant)

servir

(to be of use)

signifier

(legal: to bring to notice, deliver, or execute)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.