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sauf votre respect

French, adverb/sof vɔ.tʁə ʁɛs.pɛ/

sauf votre respect is a French adverb meaning “with due respect, with all due respect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Formule employée pour exprimer son désaccord respectueusement, sans froisser”.

What does sauf votre respect mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    with due respect, with all due respect

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

How French dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. Formule employée pour exprimer son désaccord respectueusement, sans froisser.

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 votre respect?

  • /sof vɔ.tʁə ʁɛs.pɛ/
  • \sof vɔ.tʁə ʁɛs.pɛ\

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