safe
Signification (English)
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- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
- Free from risk.
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- 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.
- In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
- Properly secured.
- Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
- (slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Reliable; trusty.
- Cautious.
- Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
Concepts
en sécurité
sans danger
en sûreté
à l’abri
compartiment de coffre-fort
sans perte
coffre bancaire
avec gain assuré
digne de confiance
Synonyms
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
unharm
without any hurt
trouble-proof
steel box
safe vault
iron cash case
trouble proof
non-hazardous
without risk of loss
bank vault
cock-sure
out of danger
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/seɪf/
Etymology (English)
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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