sauf
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sof/
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Adjective
sauf (feminine singular sauve, masculine plural saufs, feminine plural sauves)
- safe (free from harm)
Related terms
Preposition
sauf
References
- Picoche, Jacqueline; Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
Further reading
- “sauf” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sau̯f/, /saːf/, /saf/, /ˈsaːv(ə)/, /ˈsav(ə)/
Adjective
sauf
- Not having experienced harm, damage, or ill effect:
- Free from injury or wounding; unaffected by or safe from injury.
- Untarnished, undamaged, whole; well-kept
- Safe, having security or protection:
- Having concern for, with care or respectfulness towards.
- (rare) Guaranteed, ensured, effected.
- (rare) Well-meaning, kind, having good intentions.
References
- “sauf (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Preposition
sauf
- But, except (for), other than, disregarding, save.
Descendants
- English: save
References
- “sauf (prep.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Conjunction
sauf
- But, rather, on the contrary.
- Although, but, nevertheless, however.
References
- “sauf (prep.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Adverb
sauf
- In a safe or secure manner; safely.
References
- “sauf (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Norman
Etymology
From Latin salvus (“safe, well, unharmed, sound, saved, alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“integrate, whole”).
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