sauver

Meaning

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/so.ve/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

Tu viens avec nous sauver l’anguille ?

Are you coming with us to save the eel?