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sauver
sauver
See also: saûver
French
Verb
sauver
Conjugation
Conjugation of sauver (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sauver | avoir sauvé | |||||
| gerund | en sauvant | en ayant sauvé | |||||
| present participle | sauvant /so.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sauvé /so.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | sauvai /so.ve/ |
sauvas /so.va/ |
sauva /so.va/ |
sauvâmes /so.vam/ |
sauvâtes /so.vat/ |
sauvèrent /so.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | sauverai /so.vʁe/ |
sauveras /so.vʁa/ |
sauvera /so.vʁa/ |
sauverons /so.vʁɔ̃/ |
sauverez /so.vʁe/ |
sauveront /so.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sauverais /so.vʁɛ/ |
sauverais /so.vʁɛ/ |
sauverait /so.vʁɛ/ |
sauverions /so.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sauveriez /so.və.ʁje/ |
sauveraient /so.vʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | Use the past historic 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sauve /sov/ |
sauves /sov/ |
sauve /sov/ |
sauvions /so.vjɔ̃/ |
sauviez /so.vje/ |
sauvent /sov/ |
| imperfect1 |
sauvasse /so.vas/ |
sauvasses /so.vas/ |
sauvât /so.va/ |
sauvassions /so.va.sjɔ̃/ |
sauvassiez /so.va.sje/ |
sauvassent /so.vas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | sauve /sov/ |
— | sauvons /so.vɔ̃/ |
sauvez /so.ve/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
- (computing): sauvegarder
Related terms
Related terms
Anagrams
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Etymology
From Old French sauver, from Gallo-Romance salvar, from Late Latin salvō, salvāre (“save”), from Latin salvus.
Verb
sauver
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Late Latin salvāre (“to save”).
Verb
sauver
- 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
- salvaige (whence English salvage)