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 salvo 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

   Tout le monde parle français, sauf moi.

   Everyone speaks French, except me.

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

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

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. Not having experienced harm, damage, or ill effect:
   1. Free from injury or wounding; unaffected by or safe from injury.
   2. Untarnished, undamaged, whole; well-kept
2. Safe, having security or protection:
   1. Safe, protected, guarded; unable to be harmed or hurt.
   2. Saved, successfully rescued or guarded; having avoided harm.
   3. Religiously undamned or protected; guaranteed to avoid eternal woe.
   4. 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.

Derived terms

• savement
• savenes
• savegard
• savely

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