safe

Significat (English)

1. Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
2. Free from risk.
3. Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
4. 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.
5. In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
6. Properly secured.
7. Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
8. (slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
9. (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
10. Reliable; trusty.
11. Cautious.
12. Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.

secure

sure

strong box

store-room

without risk

not dangerous

deedbox

in good health

safe-deposit vault

provider of funds

nothing to be done

doing well

free from accident

contraceptive device

all-right

meat-safe

free from danger

undecaying

safety-deposit box

unharm

without any hurt

riskfree

pie safe

trouble-proof

steel box

safe vault

iron cash case

trouble proof

non-hazardous

without risk of loss

bank vault

cock-sure

out of danger

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/seɪf/

Inherited from anglès mitjà

Cognate with anglès antic

In summary

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”). Displaced native Old English sicor (secure, sure).

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