servant (sèr-), n.m., (artil.) gunner, artillery-man.
servante (sèr-), n.f., servant-maid, maid-servant; servant-girl; dumb-waiter, dinner-wagon; (print.) frisket-stand.
serve, n.f., female serf.
serveur, n.m., bowler (at cricket).
serviable (sèr-), adj., serviceable, willing to do a service, obliging.
service (sèr-), n.m., service; duty, attendance; office, function; divine service; set (collection); course (of dishes at meals). Se mettre en —; (of servants) to go into service. Être au — de; to be in the service of. Au —; in the army, in the service. Qu’y a-t-il pour votre —? what can I do for you? Il a trente ans de —; he has served thirty years. Être de —; to be on duty. Hors de —; out of use, unfit for use. Faire le —; to perform the duty, or work, of; to do duty, or officiate, at; (of coaches) to ply between. Se mettre en —; to go into service.
serviette (sèr-), n.f., napkin, towel. Rond de —; napkin ring. — de dessert; doily. — de toilette; bedroom towel.
servile (sèr-), adj., servile, menial; slavish, cringing; mean.
servilement (sèr-vil-mān), adv., servilely, slavishly, meanly.
servilité (sèr-), n.f., servility, servileness, slavishness, meanness, cringing.