reservoir

English Online Dictionary. What means reservoir‎? What does reservoir mean?

English

Etymology

From French réservoir (“collection place”) (fig.), réservoir (“storehouse”) (lit.). in turn from French réserver (“to reserve, keep”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə.vwɑː(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɑɹ/, /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vwɔɹ/, /ˈɹɛz.ə(ɹ).vɔɹ/

Noun

reservoir (plural reservoirs)

1. A place where anything is kept in store.
2. A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.
3. A small intercellular space, often containing resin, essential oil, or some other secreted matter.
4. A supply or source of something.
5. A species that acts as host to a zoonosis when it is not causing acute illness in other susceptible species.
6. (computing) A "black box" component that receives an input signal to be read out and mapped by another process, as part of reservoir computing.

Derived terms

Related terms

• reserve

Translations

Verb

reservoir (third-person singular simple present reservoirs, present participle reservoiring, simple past and past participle reservoired)

1. (transitive) To store or keep (something) in or as in a reservoir.

References

• “reservoir”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French réservoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reː.zərˈvʋaːr/, /reː.zɛrˈvʋaːr/
• Hyphenation: re‧ser‧voir

Noun

reservoir n (plural reservoirs, diminutive reservoirtje n)

1. reservoir

Derived terms

• waterreservoir

Descendants

• → Indonesian: rêsérvoir

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch reservoir, from French réservoir.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /rəsɛrˈfoɪr/
• (Dutch-influenced) IPA^(key): /resərˈfoar/
• Hyphenation: rê‧sér‧vo‧ir
• Rhymes: -ɪr, -ar, -r

Noun

rêsérvoir (plural reservoir-reservoir, first-person possessive reservoirku, second-person possessive reservoirmu, third-person possessive reservoirnya)

1. reservoir

Further reading

• “reservoir” 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.