sur ses gardes
French, prepositional phrase/syʁ se ɡaʁd/
sur ses gardes is spelled S-U-R-S-E-S-G-A-R-D-E-S (12 letters). Sur ses gardes is a French prepositional phrase meaning “on one's guard, on the alert, on the lookout” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sur ses gardes mean in English?
prepositional phrase
- 1
on one's guard, on the alert, on the lookout
être sur ses gardes
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En alerte ; prêt à réagir en cas de problème ou de danger.
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 sur ses gardes?
- /syʁ se ɡaʁd/
- \syʁ sɛ ɡaʁd\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sur ses gardes
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.