verb/sɛʁ.viʁ/
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)
“Je suis allée en France avec ma mère l'année dernière et le serveur nous a servi des escargots!” — I went to France last year with my mother and the waiter served us escargots!
Inherited from Middle French servir, from Old French servir, from Latin servīre.