sauf

English

Preposition

sauf

  1. Obsolete form of save.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French salv, salf, inherited from Latin salvus.[1] Cognate to Italian and Spanish salvo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sof/
  • (file)

Adjective

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

  1. safe (free from harm)

Preposition

sauf

  1. except, save
    Tout le monde parle français, sauf moi.
    Everyone speaks French, except me.
    • 2021, Angèle, On s'habitue:
      On s’habitue toujours à tout, sauf, peut-être, à perdre ceux qu’on aime.
      We always get used to everything, except, perhaps, to losing those we love.
  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.[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

  1. Picoche, Jacqueline with Jean-Claude Rolland (2009) Dictionnaire étymologique du français (in French), Paris: Dictionnaires Le Robert
  2. sauf” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zaʊ̯f/
  • (file)

Verb

sauf

  1. singular imperative of saufen

Middle English

Alternative forms

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

  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.

Descendants

  • English: safe
  • Scots: safe, sauf

References

Preposition

sauf

  1. But, except (for), other than, disregarding, save.

Descendants

References

Conjunction

sauf

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

References

Adverb

sauf

  1. In a safe or secure manner; safely.

References

Norman

Etymology

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

Adjective

sauf m

  1. (Jersey) safe
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