sauvegarder
French
Etymology
sauvegarde + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sov.ɡaʁ.de/
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Verb
sauvegarder
- to safeguard; to protect
- Synonym: protéger
- to preserve, to keep intact
- Synonyms: conserver, préserver
- (computing) to save
- Synonym: enregistrer
- (computing) to back up
Conjugation
Conjugation of sauvegarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | sauvegarder | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sauvegardant /sov.ɡaʁ.dɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sauvegardé /sov.ɡaʁ.de/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | sauvegarde /sov.ɡaʁd/ | sauvegardes /sov.ɡaʁd/ | sauvegarde /sov.ɡaʁd/ | sauvegardons /sov.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/ | sauvegardez /sov.ɡaʁ.de/ | sauvegardent /sov.ɡaʁd/ |
imperfect | sauvegardais /sov.ɡaʁ.dɛ/ | sauvegardais /sov.ɡaʁ.dɛ/ | sauvegardait /sov.ɡaʁ.dɛ/ | sauvegardions /sov.ɡaʁ.djɔ̃/ | sauvegardiez /sov.ɡaʁ.dje/ | sauvegardaient /sov.ɡaʁ.dɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sauvegardai /sov.ɡaʁ.de/ | sauvegardas /sov.ɡaʁ.da/ | sauvegarda /sov.ɡaʁ.da/ | sauvegardâmes /sov.ɡaʁ.dam/ | sauvegardâtes /sov.ɡaʁ.dat/ | sauvegardèrent /sov.ɡaʁ.dɛʁ/ | |
future | sauvegarderai /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁe/ | sauvegarderas /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁa/ | sauvegardera /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁa/ | sauvegarderons /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | sauvegarderez /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁe/ | sauvegarderont /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | sauvegarderais /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | sauvegarderais /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | sauvegarderait /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | sauvegarderions /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁjɔ̃/ | sauvegarderiez /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁje/ | sauvegarderaient /sov.ɡaʁ.də.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | sauvegarde /sov.ɡaʁd/ | sauvegardes /sov.ɡaʁd/ | sauvegarde /sov.ɡaʁd/ | sauvegardions /sov.ɡaʁ.djɔ̃/ | sauvegardiez /sov.ɡaʁ.dje/ | sauvegardent /sov.ɡaʁd/ |
imperfect2 | sauvegardasse /sov.ɡaʁ.das/ | sauvegardasses /sov.ɡaʁ.das/ | sauvegardât /sov.ɡaʁ.da/ | sauvegardassions /sov.ɡaʁ.da.sjɔ̃/ | sauvegardassiez /sov.ɡaʁ.da.sje/ | sauvegardassent /sov.ɡaʁ.das/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sauvegarde /sov.ɡaʁd/ | — | sauvegardons /sov.ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/ | sauvegardez /sov.ɡaʁ.de/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Further reading
- “sauvegarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.