sauver
- to save, rescue; to protect
- to save
- (pronominal) to escape, run away
- (North-America) to save (conserve, prevent the wasting of)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/so.ve/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French saulver, from Old French sauver, salver, from Gallo-Romance salvar, from Late Latin salvāre (“to save”), from Latin salvus. In the sense specific to North America, a semantic loan from English save.
Related words
hold open
keep open
make safe
give relief to
make unnecessary
bring through
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