sauf
French, preposition/sof/
sauf is spelled S-A-U-F (4 letters) and appears 126 times per million words in written French, the 657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sauf is a French preposition meaning “except, save” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sans blesser ; sans porter atteinte à”.
What does sauf mean in English?
adjective
- 1
safe (free from harm)
preposition
- 1
except, save
Near-synonym: à part
- 2
excluding, barring
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui n’a pas reçu d’atteinte ; qui a échappé au péril.
preposition: 1. Sans blesser ; sans porter atteinte à. 2. Sans exclure ; sans préjudice de. 3. Hormis ; excepté.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sauf
- sauve feminine
- saufs masculine plural
- sauves feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sauf?
- /sof/
- \sof\
- [sof]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sauf
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sauf in French?
sauf appears 126 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).