sauf
French
Etymology
From Old French salv, salf, inherited from Latin salvus.[1] Cognate to Italian and Spanish salvo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sof/
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Adjective
sauf (feminine sauve, masculine plural saufs, feminine plural sauves)
- safe (free from harm)
Related terms
Preposition
sauf
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.[2] 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.
- That doesn't do anything except complicate things.
- Quelques-uns de ces détails échapperont à tous les observateurs sauf peut-être aux plus perspicaces.
- A few of these details escaped all of the observers except perhaps the most perceptive ones.
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- “sauf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sau̯f/, /sa(ː)f/, /sa(ː)v/, /ˈsa(ː)və/
Adjective
sauf
- Unharmed; safe from damage or ill effect:
- 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.
Descendants
- English: save
References
- “sauf, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
References
- “sauf, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
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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