Translation
except, unless
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Word origin
From Latin salvus ('safe, unharmed'). As a preposition meaning 'except', it derives from the absolute use salvo ('the thing being safe, excepted').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- salvus
- English cognates
- safe, salvage, save
Examples
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Everyone was there except him.
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I will come unless it pours with rain.
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He eats everything except fish and meat.
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All the shops are open except the one across the street.
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Nobody understood the joke except my brother.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 7: sauf, poser, tôt and 7 more words.