desservir
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de.sɛʁ.viʁ/
Etymology 1
From Old French deservir, from Latin dēservīre, present active infinitive of dēserviō.
Verb
desservir
- (religion, transitive) to serve (be the pastor of a church)
- (of a transit service or other public service or similar) to serve, to have as or in its catchment area
- Ce train dessert les grandes villes de la région.
- This train serves the big towns in the region.
- Les résidents s'unissent contre la fermeture du seul bureau de poste qui dessert leur quartier.
- The residents are uniting against the closure of the only post office serving the neighbourhood.
Conjugation
This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms [[{stem}s#French|(je, tu) {stem}s]] and [[{stem}t#French|(il) {stem}t]] in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *desservis and *desservit (as in the past historic).
| infinitive | simple | desservir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | desservant /de.sɛʁ.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | desservi /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | dessert /de.sɛʁ/ | desservons /de.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ | desservez /de.sɛʁ.ve/ | desservent /de.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect | desservais /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservais /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservait /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservions /de.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ | desserviez /de.sɛʁ.vje/ | desservaient /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | desservis /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservis /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservit /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservîmes /de.sɛʁ.vim/ | desservîtes /de.sɛʁ.vit/ | desservirent /de.sɛʁ.viʁ/ | |
| future | desservirai /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁe/ | desserviras /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁa/ | desservira /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁa/ | desservirons /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | desservirez /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁe/ | desserviront /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | desservirais /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirais /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirait /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirions /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ | desserviriez /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁje/ | desserviraient /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | desserve /de.sɛʁv/ | desserves /de.sɛʁv/ | desserve /de.sɛʁv/ | desservions /de.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ | desserviez /de.sɛʁ.vje/ | desservent /de.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect2 | desservisse /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | desservisses /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | desservît /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservissions /de.sɛʁ.vi.sjɔ̃/ | desservissiez /de.sɛʁ.vi.sje/ | desservissent /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | — | desservons /de.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ | desservez /de.sɛʁ.ve/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- desserte
Etymology 2
From Old French desservir, from dé- + servir; cf. etymology 1.
Verb
desservir
- (transitive) to clear, clear away (e.g. a table)
Conjugation
This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms [[{stem}s#French|(je, tu) {stem}s]] and [[{stem}t#French|(il) {stem}t]] in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *desservis and *desservit (as in the past historic).
| infinitive | simple | desservir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | desservant /de.sɛʁ.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | desservi /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | dessert /de.sɛʁ/ | desservons /de.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ | desservez /de.sɛʁ.ve/ | desservent /de.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect | desservais /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservais /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservait /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservions /de.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ | desserviez /de.sɛʁ.vje/ | desservaient /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | desservis /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservis /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservit /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservîmes /de.sɛʁ.vim/ | desservîtes /de.sɛʁ.vit/ | desservirent /de.sɛʁ.viʁ/ | |
| future | desservirai /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁe/ | desserviras /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁa/ | desservira /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁa/ | desservirons /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | desservirez /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁe/ | desserviront /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | desservirais /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirais /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirait /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirions /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ | desserviriez /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁje/ | desserviraient /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | desserve /de.sɛʁv/ | desserves /de.sɛʁv/ | desserve /de.sɛʁv/ | desservions /de.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ | desserviez /de.sɛʁ.vje/ | desservent /de.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect2 | desservisse /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | desservisses /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | desservît /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservissions /de.sɛʁ.vi.sjɔ̃/ | desservissiez /de.sɛʁ.vi.sje/ | desservissent /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | — | desservons /de.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ | desservez /de.sɛʁ.ve/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Etymology 3
From servir, with the prefix dé- (from Latin dis-).
Verb
desservir
- (transitive) to do a disservice, to perform ill offices (to someone)
Conjugation
This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms [[{stem}s#French|(je, tu) {stem}s]] and [[{stem}t#French|(il) {stem}t]] in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *desservis and *desservit (as in the past historic).
| infinitive | simple | desservir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | desservant /de.sɛʁ.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | desservi /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | dessert /de.sɛʁ/ | desservons /de.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ | desservez /de.sɛʁ.ve/ | desservent /de.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect | desservais /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservais /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservait /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | desservions /de.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ | desserviez /de.sɛʁ.vje/ | desservaient /de.sɛʁ.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | desservis /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservis /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservit /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservîmes /de.sɛʁ.vim/ | desservîtes /de.sɛʁ.vit/ | desservirent /de.sɛʁ.viʁ/ | |
| future | desservirai /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁe/ | desserviras /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁa/ | desservira /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁa/ | desservirons /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | desservirez /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁe/ | desserviront /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | desservirais /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirais /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirait /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | desservirions /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁjɔ̃/ | desserviriez /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁje/ | desserviraient /de.sɛʁ.vi.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | desserve /de.sɛʁv/ | desserves /de.sɛʁv/ | desserve /de.sɛʁv/ | desservions /de.sɛʁ.vjɔ̃/ | desserviez /de.sɛʁ.vje/ | desservent /de.sɛʁv/ |
| imperfect2 | desservisse /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | desservisses /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | desservît /de.sɛʁ.vi/ | desservissions /de.sɛʁ.vi.sjɔ̃/ | desservissiez /de.sɛʁ.vi.sje/ | desservissent /de.sɛʁ.vis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dessers /de.sɛʁ/ | — | desservons /de.sɛʁ.vɔ̃/ | desservez /de.sɛʁ.ve/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “desservir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.