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sauf que

French, conjunction/sof kə/

sauf que is a French conjunction meaning “except, except that, but” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sous la réserve que : excepté que”.

What does sauf que mean in English?

conjunction

  1. 1

    informalexcept, except that, but

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

conjunction: 1. Sous la réserve que : excepté que.

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.

How do you pronounce sauf que?

  • /sof kə/
  • \sof kə\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.