different between sauf vs saum

English

Preposition

sauf

1. Obsolete form of save.

Anagrams

• USAF, aufs, fusa

French

Etymology

From Latin salvus. Cognate to Italian salvo and Spanish salvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sof/

Adjective

sauf (feminine singular sauve, masculine plural saufs, feminine plural sauves)

1. safe (free from harm)

Related terms

• sain et sauf
• sauver
• sauvetage

Preposition

sauf

1. except, save

   Tout le monde parle français, sauf moi.

   Everyone speaks French, except me.

2. excluding, barring

Derived terms

• sauf erreur
• sauf votre respect

References

Further reading

• “sauf” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• saf, saaf, safe, save, sayfe, sawf, saff, saffe, sawe, salve, sauff

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French sauf, from Latin salvus, from Proto-Indo-European *solh?wós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sau?f/, /sa?f/, /saf/, /?sa?v(?)/, /?sav(?)/

Adjective

sauf

1. Not having experienced harm, damage, or ill effect:
   1. Free from injury or wounding; unaffected by or safe from injury.
   2. Untarnished, undamaged, whole; well-kept
2. Safe, having security or protection:
   1. Safe, protected, guarded; unable to be harmed or hurt.
   2. Saved, successfully rescued or guarded; having avoided harm.
   3. Religiously undamned or protected; guaranteed to avoid eternal woe.
   4. Undiminished, having full effect or force, legally effective.
3. Having concern for, with care or respectfulness towards.
4. (rare) Guaranteed, ensured, effected.
5. (rare) Well-meaning, kind, having good intentions.

Derived terms

• savement
• savenes
• savegard
• savely

Descendants

• English: safe
• Scots: safe, sauf

References

• “sauf, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Preposition

sauf

1. But, except (for), other than, disregarding, save.

Descendants

• English: save

References

• “sauf, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Conjunction

sauf

1. But, rather, on the contrary.
2. Although, but, nevertheless, however.

References

• “sauf, prep.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Adverb

sauf

1. In a safe or secure manner; safely.

References

• “sauf, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin salvus (“safe, well, unharmed, sound, saved, alive”), from Proto-Indo-European *solh?- (“integrate, whole”).

Adjective

sauf m

1. (Jersey) safe

English

Alternative forms

• sawm

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ?????? (?awm, “fasting”).

Noun

saum

1. (Islam) fasting; one of the five pillars of Islam
2. (ecology) A herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy.

Derived terms

• wajib saum
• nathr saum

References

• 1986, R. T. T. Forman and Michel Godron, Landscape Ecology, pp. 108-109.

Anagrams

• AMUs, MSAU, MUAs, Maus, Musa, UMAs, USMA, amus, aums, masu

Icelandic

Noun

saum

1. indefinite accusative singular of saumur

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse saumr.

Noun

saum m (definite singular saumen, indefinite plural saumar, definite plural saumane)

1. seam
2. the act of seaming

See also

• søm (Bokmål)

References

• “saum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.