sauver
French
Etymology
From Middle French saulver, from Old French sauver, salver, from Gallo-Romance salvar, from Late Latin salvāre, present active infinitive of salvō (“I save”), from Latin salvus.
Pronunciation
Verb
sauver
- to save, rescue; to protect
- (computing) to save
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to escape, run away
- (Louisiana, Cajun) to economize
Conjugation
infinitive | simple | sauver | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sauvant /so.vɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sauvé /so.ve/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sauve /sov/ |
sauves /sov/ |
sauve /sov/ |
sauvons /so.vɔ̃/ |
sauvez /so.ve/ |
sauvent /sov/ |
imperfect | sauvais /so.vɛ/ |
sauvais /so.vɛ/ |
sauvait /so.vɛ/ |
sauvions /so.vjɔ̃/ |
sauviez /so.vje/ |
sauvaient /so.vɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sauvai /so.ve/ |
sauvas /so.va/ |
sauva /so.va/ |
sauvâmes /so.vam/ |
sauvâtes /so.vat/ |
sauvèrent /so.vɛʁ/ | |
future | sauverai /so.vʁe/ |
sauveras /so.vʁa/ |
sauvera /so.vʁa/ |
sauverons /so.vʁɔ̃/ |
sauverez /so.vʁe/ |
sauveront /so.vʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | sauverais /so.vʁɛ/ |
sauverais /so.vʁɛ/ |
sauverait /so.vʁɛ/ |
sauverions /so.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sauveriez /so.və.ʁje/ |
sauveraient /so.vʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | sauve /sov/ |
sauves /sov/ |
sauve /sov/ |
sauvions /so.vjɔ̃/ |
sauviez /so.vje/ |
sauvent /sov/ |
imperfect2 | sauvasse /so.vas/ |
sauvasses /so.vas/ |
sauvât /so.va/ |
sauvassions /so.va.sjɔ̃/ |
sauvassiez /so.va.sje/ |
sauvassent /so.vas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sauve /sov/ |
— | sauvons /so.vɔ̃/ |
sauvez /so.ve/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Synonyms
- (computing): sauvegarder
Related terms
Further reading
- “sauver”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Hunsrik
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German sūbar, from Latin sobrius.
Pronunciation
Adjective
sauver (comparative sauvrer, superlative sauvrest)
- clean
- Sin dein Henn sauver?
- Are your hands clean?
Declension
Declension of sauver (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives) | |||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | plural | ||
Weak inflection | nominative | sauver | sauver | sauver | sauvre |
accusative | sauvre | sauver | sauver | sauvre | |
dative | sauvre | sauvre | sauvre | sauvre | |
Strong inflection | nominative | sauvrer | sauvre | sauvres | sauvre |
accusative | sauvre | sauvre | sauvres | sauvre | |
dative | sauvrem | sauvrer | sauvrem | sauvre |
Further reading
Norman
Etymology
From Old French sauver, salver, from Gallo-Romance salvar, from Late Latin salvō, salvāre (“save”), from Latin salvus.
Verb
sauver
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin salvō, salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus.
Pronunciation
Verb
sauver
- to save (remove from danger)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | sauver | avoir sauvé | |||||
gerund | en sauvant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | sauvant | ||||||
past participle | sauvé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | sauf | sauves | sauve | sauvons | sauvez | sauvent |
imperfect | sauvoie, sauveie, sauvoe, sauveve | sauvoies, sauveies, sauvoes, sauveves | sauvoit, sauveit, sauvot, sauveve | sauviiens, sauviens | sauviiez, sauviez | sauvoient, sauveient, sauvoent, sauvevent | |
preterite | sauvai | sauvas | sauva | sauvames | sauvastes | sauverent | |
future | sauverai | sauveras | sauvera | sauverons | sauveroiz, sauvereiz, sauverez | sauveront | |
conditional | sauveroie, sauvereie | sauveroies, sauvereies | sauveroit, sauvereit | sauveriiens, sauveriens | sauveriiez, sauveriez | sauveroient, sauvereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | sauf | saus | saut | sauvons | sauvez | sauvent |
imperfect | sauvasse | sauvasses | sauvast | sauvissons, sauvissiens | sauvissoiz, sauvissez, sauvissiez | sauvassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | sauve | — | sauvons | sauvez | — |
Derived terms
- salvaige (whence English salvage)
Descendants
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