reserve

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English

Etymology

From Old French reserver, from Latin reservō (“to reserve, retain”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɝv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈzɜːv/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)v
• Hyphenation: re‧serve

Noun

reserve (countable and uncountable, plural reserves)

1. A restriction.
   1. The act of reserving or keeping back; reservation; exception.

   2. Restraint of freedom in words or actions; backwardness; caution in personal behavior.
2. That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
   1. A natural resource known to exist but not currently exploited.
   2. A tract of land reserved, or set apart, for a particular purpose

   3. (Canada) A tract of land set apart for the use of an Aboriginal group; Indian reserve (compare US reservation.)
   4. (military) A body of troops kept in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency.
   5. (finance, insurance) Funds kept on hand to meet planned or unplanned financial requirements.
   6. A reserve price in an auction.
   7. Wine held back and aged before being sold.
   8. (ceramics) Absence of color or decoration; the state of being left plain.
3. Something initially kept back for later use in recreation.
   1. (sports) A member of a team who does not participate from the start of the game, but can be used to replace tired or injured team-mates.
   2. (card games) A group or pile of cards dealt out at the beginning of a patience or solitaire game to be used during play.
4. In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
5. (calico printing) A resist.
6. A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.

Synonyms

• (restraint of freedom in words or actions): self-restraint, reticence, taciturnity
• (sports: reserve player): substitute
• (military: reserve forces): Army Reserve, Territorial Army, TA, TAVR, territorials, terriers, reservists
• (tract of land for Aboriginal peoples): reservation, res, rez

Derived terms

Related terms

• reservist

Translations

Verb

reserve (third-person singular simple present reserves, present participle reserving, simple past and past participle reserved)

1. (transitive) To keep back; to retain.

2. (transitive, ditransitive)
   1. To keep in store for future or special use.

      Synonyms: hold, save

      • c. 1703-1720, Jonathan Swift, A Letter to a Very Young Lady on Her Marriage

        Conceal your esteem and love in your own breast, and reserve your kind looks and language for private hours.

   2. To book in advance; to make a reservation for.

      Synonyms: sign up for, register for, schedule, enroll in, book

3. (transitive, obsolete) To make an exception of; to except.

Translations

References

• reserve on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “reserve”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Reveres, reveres, reverse, severer, veerers

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French reserve, from Old French reserver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rəˈzɛr.və/
• Hyphenation: re‧ser‧ve
• Rhymes: -ɛrvə

Noun

reserve f (plural reserves, diminutive reservetje n)

1. reserve, emergency supply (that which is reserved, or kept back, as for future use)
2. military reserves
3. reservation, restraint
4. (law, Belgium) forced estate, legitime

   Synonym: voorbehouden deel

   Antonym: beschikbaar deel

5. (sports) alternate, substitute, reserve

Derived terms

Related terms

• reserveren

Descendants

• Afrikaans: reserwe
• → Indonesian: reserve (“reserve”)
• >? Javanese: ꦱꦺꦉꦥ꧀ (sèrep, “spare”)
  • Caribbean Javanese: sèrep
  • → Indonesian: sèrêp (“spare”)

Anagrams

• serveer, servere, verrees

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch reserve, from Old French reserver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rəˈser.və]
• Hyphenation: rê‧sér‧vê

Noun

rêsérvê (plural reserve-reserve)

1. (colloquial) reserve

   Synonyms: cadangan, serap

2. (colloquial) requirement

   Synonym: syarat

Alternative forms

• rizab (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “reserve” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Via German Reserve from French réserve

Noun

reserve m (definite singular reserven, indefinite plural reserver, definite plural reservene)

1. a reserve

Derived terms

• reservedel

Related terms

• reservere

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Via German Reserve from French réserve

Noun

reserve m (definite singular reserven, indefinite plural reservar, definite plural reservane)

1. a reserve

Derived terms

• reservedel

References

• “reserve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

reserve

1. inflection of reservar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

reserve

1. inflection of reservar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative