transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈre-zə-ˌvwär, -zər-, -ˌvwȯr also ]
-ˌvȯi noun
Etymology: French réservoir, from Middle French, from reserver
Date: 1690
1. : a place where something is kept in store: as
a. : an artificial lake where water is collected and kept in quantity for use
b. : a part of an apparatus in which a liquid is held
c. : supply , store
a large reservoir of educated people
2. : an extra supply : reserve
3. : an organism in which a parasite that is pathogenic for some other species lives and multiplies usually without damaging its host