sauver

See also: saûver

French

Etymology

From Middle French saulver, from Old French sauver, from Gallo-Romance salvar, from Late Latin salvāre, present active infinitive of salvō (“I save”), from Latin salvus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /so.ve/
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Verb

sauver

  1. to save, rescue; to protect
  2. (computing) to save
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to escape, run away
  4. (Louisiana, Cajun French) to economize

Conjugation
Conjugation of sauver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle sauvant
/so.vɑ̃/
past participle sauvé
/so.ve/
infinitive
simple sauver
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple sauvant
/so.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present sauve
/sov/		 sauves
/sov/		 sauve
/sov/		 sauvons
/so.vɔ̃/		 sauvez
/so.ve/		 sauvent
/sov/
imperfect sauvais
/so.vɛ/		 sauvais
/so.vɛ/		 sauvait
/so.vɛ/		 sauvions
/so.vjɔ̃/		 sauviez
/so.vje/		 sauvaient
/so.vɛ/
past historic2 sauvai
/so.ve/		 sauvas
/so.va/		 sauva
/so.va/		 sauvâmes
/so.vam/		 sauvâtes
/so.vat/		 sauvèrent
/so.vɛʁ/
future sauverai
/so.vʁe/		 sauveras
/so.vʁa/		 sauvera
/so.vʁa/		 sauverons
/so.vʁɔ̃/		 sauverez
/so.vʁe/		 sauveront
/so.vʁɔ̃/
conditional sauverais
/so.vʁɛ/		 sauverais
/so.vʁɛ/		 sauverait
/so.vʁɛ/		 sauverions
/so.və.ʁjɔ̃/		 sauveriez
/so.və.ʁje/		 sauveraient
/so.vʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present sauve
/sov/		 sauves
/sov/		 sauve
/sov/		 sauvions
/so.vjɔ̃/		 sauviez
/so.vje/		 sauvent
/sov/
imperfect2 sauvasse
/so.vas/		 sauvasses
/so.vas/		 sauvât
/so.va/		 sauvassions
/so.va.sjɔ̃/		 sauvassiez
/so.va.sje/		 sauvassent
/so.vas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — sauve
/sov/		 — sauvons
/so.vɔ̃/		 sauvez
/so.ve/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

Further reading

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsaʊ̯vɐ/

Adjective

sauver (comparative sauvrer, superlative sauvrest)

  1. clean

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French sauver, from Gallo-Romance salvar, from Late Latin salvō, salvāre (“save”), from Latin salvus.

Verb

sauver

  1. (Jersey) to save

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin salvāre (“to save”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sawˈvɛr/

Verb

sauver

  1. to save (remove from danger)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of sauver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive sauver avoir sauvé
gerund en sauvant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle sauvant
past participle sauvé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present sauf sauves sauve sauvons sauvez sauvent
imperfect sauvoie, sauveie, sauvoe, sauveve sauvoies, sauveies, sauvoes, sauveves sauvoit, sauveit, sauvot, sauveve sauviiens, sauviens sauviiez, sauviez sauvoient, sauveient, sauvoent, sauvevent
preterite sauvai sauvas sauva sauvames sauvastes sauverent
future sauverai sauveras sauvera sauverons sauveroiz, sauvereiz, sauverez sauveront
conditional sauveroie, sauvereie sauveroies, sauvereies sauveroit, sauvereit sauveriiens, sauveriens sauveriiez, sauveriez sauveroient, sauvereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present sauf saus saut sauvons sauvez sauvent
imperfect sauvasse sauvasses sauvast sauvissons, sauvissiens sauvissoiz, sauvissez, sauvissiez sauvassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— sauve — sauvons sauvez —

Derived terms

Descendants
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