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7,169 words — headwords with part of speech, pronunciation, and a plain-language definition.

sertisses: second-person singular present/imperfect subjunctive of sertir
servage: servitude (the state of being a slave); serfage
serval: serval
servant: servant
servant de messe: altar server, altar boy
serveur: waiter (in restaurant); server
serveuse: waitress; barmaid
serviabilité: helpfulness
serviable: helpful, obliging
serviablement: helpfully, obligingly
service: service; cutlery; set (collection of objects)
service: you're welcome
service après-vente: after-sales service department, customer support
service au volant: drive-through; drive-in
service civil: a service analogous to military service for conscientious objectors
service clientèle: customer service
service compris: a service charge automatically included in the bill for service (with the implication that routine tipping is not expected)
service d'ordre: police presence, security personnel, stewards
service de renseignement: intelligence agency
service de secours: emergency service (public service that deals with emergencies)
service militaire: military service
service rapide par bus: bus rapid transit
service secret: secret service
service à la française: service à la française (serving the dishes of a meal all at once)
service à la russe: service à la russe (serving the dishes of a meal in courses)
servien: Serbian
serviette: towel (cloth used for wiping); napkin; briefcase; menstrual pad
serviette de bain: bath towel
serviette hygiénique: sanitary towel, sanitary napkin
servile: servile, slavish, subservient
servilement: servilely, slavishly, subserviently
servilité: servility
servir: to serve (to help in a shop; to bring a meal to someone); to be used for; to be useful, to be of use, come in handy; to serve (start a point with service); to set up (pass to, in order to give a scoring chance)
serviteur: servant
serviteur: ellipsis of votre serviteur (“your servant”) (used as a greeting)
servitude: servitude, thralldom; easement
servocommande: synonym of servomécanisme
servofrein: servo-assisted brake
servomoteur: servomotor
servomécanisme: servomechanism
sesbania: sesbania
sesbanie: alternative spelling of sesbania
sesquialtère: sesquialterate
sesquibasique: sesquibasic
sesquicentenaire: sesquicentennial
sesquicentenaire: sesquicentennial
sesquilingue: sesquilingual
sesquilinéaire: sesquilinear
sesquioxyde: sesquioxide (oxide)
sesquiphosphure: sesquiphosphide
sesquisyllabe: sesquisyllable
sesquiterpène: sesquiterpene
sesquiterpénique: sesquiterpenic
sesquitierce: sesquitertian
session: session, period; session
sesterce: sestertius (Roman coin)
sesterpène: sesterterpene
set: set
seta: seta
setier: bushel (measure)