sauvegarder

French

Etymology

From sauvegarde +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sov.ɡaʁ.de/

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Verb

sauvegarder

1. to safeguard; to protect

   Synonym: protéger

2. to preserve, to keep intact

   Synonyms: conserver, préserver

3. (computing) to save

   Synonym: enregistrer

4. (computing) to back up

Conjugation

Conjugation of sauvegarder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sauvegarder
	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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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.