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sauvegarde.

protection, safeguard (protection granted by any authority)

10 characters4 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/sov.ɡaʁd/
  1. protection, safeguard (protection granted by any authority)

    feminine
    Il est en la protection et sauvegarde du roi.
    Il s'est placé sous la sauvegarde de la justice
  2. certificate, protection (of the writing by which this protection is granted)

    feminine
  3. protection, safeguard (a person or thing that serves as a guarantee and defence against a danger that one fears)

    feminine · figuratively
    Venez avec moi ; comme je redoute sa colère, vous serez ma sauvegarde.
    Son obscurité lui servit de sauvegarde contre la proscription.
  4. back-up, backup, saving (action of keeping important information safe)

    feminine
    Il a fait la sauvegarde de ses données comptables récentes.
  5. back-up, backup (the secure data themselves)

    feminine
    Son ordinateur est tombé en panne, mais il a pu recharger sur le réseau la sauvegarde qu'il avait faite le mois dernier.
  6. protection sheet, waste sheet (strip of paper made to protect the endpapers of books during the bookbinding)

    feminine
  7. chain, safety line, tether (rope for holding something)

    feminine
    Sauvegarde de gouvernail
    Sauvegarde d'aviron
  8. range safety, safety (all the measures provided during the launch campaign or atmospheric re-entry of a spacecraft in order to ensure the safety of people and goods in terrestrial, maritime and airspaces)

    feminine
  9. range safety, safety (by extension) (result of the measures of range safety)

    feminine
verb/sov.ɡaʁd/
  1. inflection of sauvegarder: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of sauvegarder: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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