safe
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salwos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
safe (comparative safer or more safe, superlative safest or most safe)
- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
- You’ll be safe here.
- Free from risk.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess[1]:
- When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.
- It’s safe to eat this.
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- We have to find a safe spot, where we can hide out until this is over.
- (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
- The pitcher attempted to pick off the runner at first, but he was safe.
- (snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to hit with the cue ball.
- Properly secured.
- Synonym: secure
- Hyponyms: binary-safe, fail-safe, thread-safe, type-safe
- The documents are safe.
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
- dishwasher-safe
- (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- Synonyms: wicked, cool; see also Thesaurus:awesome
- 2013, Steve Carter, Love, Sex and Tesco's Finest Cava, →ISBN, page 169:
- “Yeah, safe mate, wassup?” says one hoodie, who should at least be credited with attempting a more detailed sentence construction.
- 2023, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia; Raine Allen-Miller, director, Rye Lane:
- Dom (David Jonsson): Hey, love the photos. They're just so—
Nathan (Simon Manyonda): Safe.
- (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Synonyms: easy-going, merciful, tolerant, lenient
- Antonyms: strict, harsh, intolerant
- Reliable; trusty.
- Synonym: trustworthy
- Cautious.
- (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
AntonymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
not in danger
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free from risk
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providing protection from danger
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baseball: in the base
properly secured
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not in danger from a specified source of harm
slang: wicked, cool, awesome
reliable
cautious
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NounEdit
safe (plural safes)
- A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
- (slang) A condom.
- 1999, Rita Ciresi, Pink Slip, Delta, published 1999, →ISBN, page 328:
- She'd better have an arsenal of Trojans in her purse just in case he wasn't carrying a safe in his back pocket.
- (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
- 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 29:
- The other room was a kitchen, with an open fireplace, a safe, a dresser and a tin sink, with a tap from the tank outside.
- (dated, colloquial) A safety bicycle.
SynonymsEdit
- (box for storing valuables): coffer, lockbox, strongbox
- (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom.
HyponymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
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VerbEdit
safe (third-person singular simple present safes, present participle safing, simple past and past participle safed)
- (transitive) To make something safe.
- 2007, Rocky Raab, Mike Five Eight: Air War Over Cambodia: Air War Over Cambodia[6]:
- “It just trails behind the pylon until I land, then Cramer removes it when he safes the rocket pods. No evidence of anything when I taxi back inside the compound.”
- 2012, Erik Seedhouse, Interplanetary Outpost:
- One of the most important events after touchdown will be to safe the Dauntless, which will include purging the engines and shutting down the landing systems […]
Derived termsEdit
Terms derived from safe (adjective, noun, verb)
- better safe than sorry
- binary safe
- Coolgardie safe
- covid-safe
- dishwasher safe
- drop safe
- ensafe
- fail safe, fail-safe
- French safe
- gender-safe
- ice-safe
- in safe hands
- match safe
- meat safe
- night safe
- on the safe side
- pie safe
- play it safe
- play safe
- safe-conduct
- safe-cracker
- safe-deposit
- safe and sound
- safe area
- safe as a kitten
- safe as houses
- safe bet
- safeblower
- safe day
- safeguard
- safe harbor
- safe haven
- safe hit
- safehouse
- safe in the knowledge
- safeish
- safekeeping
- safelight
- safen
- safe navigation operator
- safeness
- safe pair of hands
- safe place
- safe pledge
- safe prime
- safe room
- safer sex
- safe seat
- safe sex
- safe space
- safe word
- tape safe
- threadsafe
- type-safe
- ultrasafe
- vouchsafe
- work-safe
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
Further readingEdit
- “safe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “safe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- safe at OneLook Dictionary Search
AnagramsEdit
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
English safe, originally borrowed in the context of safe sex (safer Sex, 1980s), later generalized.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
safe (comparative safer, superlative am safesten)
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of safe
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist safe | sie ist safe | es ist safe | sie sind safe | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | safer | safe | safes | safe |
genitive | safen | safer | safen | safer | |
dative | safem | safer | safem | safen | |
accusative | safen | safe | safes | safe | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der safe | die safe | das safe | die safen |
genitive | des safen | der safen | des safen | der safen | |
dative | dem safen | der safen | dem safen | den safen | |
accusative | den safen | die safe | das safe | die safen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein safer | eine safe | ein safes | (keine) safen |
genitive | eines safen | einer safen | eines safen | (keiner) safen | |
dative | einem safen | einer safen | einem safen | (keinen) safen | |
accusative | einen safen | eine safe | ein safes | (keine) safen |
Comparative forms of safe
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist safer | sie ist safer | es ist safer | sie sind safer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | saferer | safere | saferes | safere |
genitive | saferen | saferer | saferen | saferer | |
dative | saferem | saferer | saferem | saferen | |
accusative | saferen | safere | saferes | safere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der safere | die safere | das safere | die saferen |
genitive | des saferen | der saferen | des saferen | der saferen | |
dative | dem saferen | der saferen | dem saferen | den saferen | |
accusative | den saferen | die safere | das safere | die saferen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein saferer | eine safere | ein saferes | (keine) saferen |
genitive | eines saferen | einer saferen | eines saferen | (keiner) saferen | |
dative | einem saferen | einer saferen | einem saferen | (keinen) saferen | |
accusative | einen saferen | eine safere | ein saferes | (keine) saferen |
Superlative forms of safe
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am safesten | sie ist am safesten | es ist am safesten | sie sind am safesten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | safester | safeste | safestes | safeste |
genitive | safesten | safester | safesten | safester | |
dative | safestem | safester | safestem | safesten | |
accusative | safesten | safeste | safestes | safeste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der safeste | die safeste | das safeste | die safesten |
genitive | des safesten | der safesten | des safesten | der safesten | |
dative | dem safesten | der safesten | dem safesten | den safesten | |
accusative | den safesten | die safeste | das safeste | die safesten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein safester | eine safeste | ein safestes | (keine) safesten |
genitive | eines safesten | einer safesten | eines safesten | (keiner) safesten | |
dative | einem safesten | einer safesten | einem safesten | (keinen) safesten | |
accusative | einen safesten | eine safeste | ein safestes | (keine) safesten |
AdverbEdit
safe
- (youth slang) definitely, absolutely, sure
- Synonyms: sicher, auf jeden Fall
- "Willst du 'nen Film gucken?" -"Safe!" ― "Wanna watch a movie?" -"Sure!"
- Ich werde es safe vergessen. ― I'll definitely forget it.
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “safe”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
HausaEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
sāfe
- in the morning
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
PrepositionEdit
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
ConjunctionEdit
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
safe
- (Northern) Alternative form of saven
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
safe
- inflection of safar:
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
safe n (plural safeuri)
- Alternative form of seif
DeclensionEdit
Declension of safe
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) safe | safeul | (niște) safeuri | safeurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) safe | safeului | (unor) safeuri | safeurilor |
vocative | safeule | safeurilor |