savior

See also Savior, and saviour

English

Alternative forms

• saviour (UK)

Etymology

First attested in 1300. From Middle English saviour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salvātor, from salvāre.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪviə(ɹ)

Noun

savior (plural saviors)

1. A person who rescues another from harm.

Translations

a person who rescues another from harm

• Czech: zachránce (cs) m
• Dutch: redder (nl) m
• Ewe: xɔla n
• Finnish: pelastaja (fi)
• French: sauveur (fr) m
• German: Retter (de) m
• Greek: σωτήρας (el) (sotíras) m
• Hungarian: megváltó (hu)
• Irish: slánaitheoir (ga) m

• Italian: redentore (it) m, salvatore (it) m
• Latvian: glābējs (lv) m, glābēja (lv) f
• Lithuanian: gelbėtojas (lt) m, gelbėtoja (lt) f
• Navajo: yisdáʼiiníiłii
• Norwegian: redningsmann m, frelser m
• Portuguese: salvador (pt) m
• Russian: спаситель (ru) (spasítel') m
• Serbo-Croatian: spasitelj (sh) m
• Spanish: salvador (es) m
• Swedish: frälsare (sv) c

Derived terms

• saviouress
• saviourhood
• saviourship

Related terms

• El Salvador
• Salvador
• Salvatore

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Latin

Verb

present active sāvior, present infinitive sāviārī, perfect active sāviātus sum. (deponent)

1. Alternative form of suāvior.

Inflection

    First Conjugation Deponent

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sāvior	sāviāris	sāviātur	sāviāmur	sāviāminī	sāviantur
	future	sāviābor	sāviāberis	sāviābitur	sāviābimur	sāviābiminī	sāviābuntur
	imperfect	sāviābar	sāviābāris	sāviābātur	sāviābāmur	sāviābāminī	sāviābantur
	perfect	Use sāviātus m, sāviāta f, sāviātum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use sāviātus m, sāviāta f, sāviātum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sāviātus m, sāviāta f, sāviātum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	sāvier	sāviēris	sāviētur	sāviēmur	sāviēminī	sāvientur
	imperfect	sāviārer	sāviārēris	sāviārētur	sāviārēmur	sāviārēminī	sāviārentur
	perfect	Use sāviātus m, sāviāta f, sāviātum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use sāviātus m, sāviāta f, sāviātum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	sāviāre	sāviātor	sāviātor	—	—	—
	plural	sāviāminī	—	sāviantor	—	—	—
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		sāviārī	sāviātus esse	sāviātūrus esse	—	—	—
participles		sāviāns (sāviantis)	sāviātus-a, -um	sāviātūrus-ra, -rum	—	—	sāviandus-nda, -ndum