servire

From Latin servīre.

• IPA^(key): /serˈvi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: ser‧vì‧re

servìre (first-person singular present sèrvo, first-person singular past historic servìi, past participle servìto, auxiliary (transitive or intransitive, in the meaning "to serve") avére or (in the intransitive meanings "to be useful/necessary") èssere)

1. (transitive, also sports) to serve (in all senses)
2. (intransitive) to serve [with a ‘someone’] [auxiliary avere]

   servire a due padroni ― to serve two masters

   servire a tavola ― to serve food (literally, “to serve at table”)

3. to be useful [auxiliary essere]
4. to be necessary [with a ‘to someone’] [auxiliary essere]

   mi servono cinque pizze ― I need five pizzas

• servire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• riserve, sverrei

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /serˈu̯iː.re/, [s̠ɛrˈu̯iːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /serˈvi.re/, [serˈviːre]

servīre

1. present active infinitive of serviō

From servi +‎ -re.

servire f (uncountable)

1. service