English Online Dictionary. What means safe? What does safe mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English sauf, safe, saf, saaf, from Old French sauf, saulf, salf (“safe”), from Latin salvus (“whole, safe”), from Proto-Italic *salwos, from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, every”). Displaced native Old English sicor (secure, sure).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sāf, IPA(key): /seɪf/
- Rhymes: -eɪf
- Hyphenation: safe
Adjective
safe (comparative safer or more safe, superlative safest or most safe)
- Not in danger; out of harm's reach.
- Free from risk.
- Synonyms: riskless, harmless
- Antonyms: harmful, dangerous
- Providing protection from danger; providing shelter.
- (baseball) When a batter successfully reaches first base, or when a baserunner successfully advances to the next base or returns to the base he last occupied; not out.
- (snooker, of an object ball) In a location that renders it difficult to pot.
- Properly secured.
- Synonym: secure
- Hyponyms: binary-safe, fail-safe, thread-safe, type-safe
- (used after a noun, often forming a compound) Not susceptible to a specified source of harm.
- (UK, slang) Great, cool, awesome, respectable; a term of approbation, often as interjection.
- Synonyms: wicked, cool; see also Thesaurus:awesome
- (slang) Lenient, usually describing a teacher that is easy-going.
- Synonyms: easy-going, merciful, tolerant, lenient
- Antonyms: strict, harsh, intolerant
- Reliable; trusty.
- Synonym: trustworthy
- Cautious.
- (programming) Of a programming language, type-safe or more generally offering well-defined behavior despite programming errors.
Antonyms
- unsafe
Descendants
- → Japanese: セーフ
Translations
Noun
safe (plural safes)
- A box, usually made of metal, in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping.
- (slang) A condom.
- (dated) A ventilated or refrigerated chest or closet for securing provisions from noxious animals or insects.
- (dated, colloquial) A safety bicycle.
Synonyms
- (box for storing valuables): coffer, lockbox, strongbox
- (condom): see also Thesaurus:condom.
Hyponyms
- failsafe
Descendants
- → Russian: сейф (sejf)
- → Kazakh: сейф (seif)
- → Bulgarian: сейф (sejf)
Translations
Verb
safe (third-person singular simple present safes, present participle safing, simple past and past participle safed)
- (transitive) To make something safe.
Derived terms
See also
- save
- safety
References
- safe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- “safe”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “safe”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “safe”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
- EAFs, faes, EFSA, FAEs, EFAs
German
Etymology
English safe, originally borrowed in the context of safe sex (safer Sex, 1980s), later generalized.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛɪ̯f/, /seːf/, /zeːf/
- Declension:
- IPA(key): /sɛɪ̯fə/
Adjective
safe (strong nominative masculine singular safer, comparative safer, superlative am safesten)
- safe
- Synonym: sicher
Declension
Adverb
safe
- (youth slang) definitely, absolutely, sure
- Synonyms: sicher, auf jeden Fall
- "Willst du 'nen Film gucken?" -"Safe!" ― "Wanna watch a movie?" -"Sure!"
- Ich werde es safe vergessen. ― I'll definitely forget it.
Related terms
- Safe
Further reading
- “safe”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sáː.fé/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [sáː.ɸé]
Adverb
sāfe
- in the morning
Middle English
Etymology 1
Adjective
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Preposition
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Conjunction
safe
- Alternative form of sauf
Etymology 2
Verb
safe
- (Northern) Alternative form of saven
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -afi, (Portugal) -afɨ
- Hyphenation: sa‧fe
Verb
safe
- inflection of safar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Romanian
Noun
safe n (plural safeuri)
- Alternative form of seif