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sauf

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sauf

  1. Obsolete form of save.

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French edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sof/
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Adjective edit

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

  1. safe (free from harm)

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Preposition edit

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 edit

  • 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.

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References edit

  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.

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Verb edit

sauf

  1. singular imperative of saufen

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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂wós.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sau̯f/, /sa(ː)f/, /sa(ː)v/, /ˈsa(ː)və/

Adjective edit

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.

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Descendants edit

  • English: safe
  • Scots: safe, sauf

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Preposition edit

sauf

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

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Conjunction edit

sauf

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

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Adverb edit

sauf

  1. In a safe or secure manner; safely.

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Etymology edit

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

Adjective edit

sauf m

  1. (Jersey) safe
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