reserve
English
/ɹɪˈzɝv/, /ɹɪˈzɜːv/
noun
Definitions
- (behaviour) Restriction.
- That which is reserved or kept back, as for future use.
- (social) Something initially kept back for later use in a recreation.
- In exhibitions, a distinction indicating that the recipient will get a prize in the event of another person being disqualified.
- (calico printing) A resist.
- A preparation used on an object being electroplated to fix the limits of the deposit.
Etymology
Derived from Old French reserver.
Origin
Old French
reserver
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bioreserve English
- nonreserve English
- reservable English
- reservative English
- reservee English
- reserveless English
- reserver English
- reservism English
- reservist English
- reservor English
- ressie English
- unreservable English
- unreserve English
- reservō Latin
- reserve Dutch, Flemish
- reserver Old French
- reserveren Middle Dutch
- reserve Middle French