sauver

  1. to save, rescue; to protect
  2. to save
  3. (pronominal) to escape, run away
  4. (North-America) to save (conserve, prevent the wasting of)

Frequency

A2
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.

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