sauf

English

Preposition

sauf

1. Obsolete form of save.

Anagrams

• USAF, aufs, fusa

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French

Etymology

From Latin salvus. Cognate to Italian and Spanish salvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sof/

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Adjective

sauf (feminine sauve, masculine plural saufs, feminine plural sauves)

1. safe (free from harm)

Related terms

• sain et sauf
• sauver
• sauvetage

Preposition

sauf

1. except, save
   • 2021, Angèle, On s’habitue

     On s’habitue toujours à tout, sauf, peut-être, à perdre ceux qu’on aime.

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   Tout le monde parle français, sauf moi.

   Everyone speaks French, except me.

2. excluding, barring

Usage notes

• If sauf is preceded by and linked to a verb with a complement introduced by a preposition, that preposition must be repeated after sauf. One may use certain adverbs (e.g. peut-être) between sauf and the repeated preposition.
  • Ça ne sert à rien sauf à compliquer les choses.

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  • Quelques-uns de ces détails échapperont à tous les observateurs sauf peut-être aux plus perspicaces.

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Derived terms

• sauf erreur
• sauf si
• sauf votre respect

Further reading

• “sauf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• saaf, saf, safe, saff, saffe, salve, save, sauff, sawe, sawf, sayfe

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

1. Unharmed; safe from damage or ill effect:
   1. Unaffected by or safe from injury.
   2. Untarnished, undamaged, whole; well-kept.
2. Safe, having security or protection:
   1. Safe, protected; unable to be harmed or hurt
   2. (religion) Undamned or saved; delivered from torment.
   3. Undiminished, having full effect or force, legally effective.
3. Having concern for, with care or respectfulness towards.
4. (rare) Guaranteed, ensured, effected.
5. (rare) Well-meaning, kind, having good intentions.

Related terms

• savable
• savacioun
• savegard
• savely
• savement
• saven
• savenape
• savenes
• saveour
• savete
• savynge

 

Descendants

• English: safe
• Scots: safe, sauf

References

• “sauf, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Preposition

sauf

1. 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

1. But, rather, on the contrary.
2. Although, but, nevertheless, however.

References

• “sauf, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Adverb

sauf

1. In a safe or secure manner; safely.

References

• “sauf, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

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Norman

Etymology

From Latin salvus (“safe, well, unharmed, sound, saved, alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“integrate, whole”).

Adjective

sauf m

1. (Jersey) safe