Save

See also: Appendix:Variations of "save"

English

Proper noun

Save

  1. A river in southeastern Africa that flows about 400 km (250 mi) from south of Harare in Zimbabwe, through Mozambique, to the Indian Ocean.
    • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 232:
      “I am from the Save River. But I married. To a man from afar, Phiri, from Malawi.”
  2. A river in southern France that flows about 143 km (89 mi) from the Pyrenees to the Garonne at Grenade.

Synonyms

  • (river in Africa): Sabi

Translations

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Latin Savus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sav/

Proper noun

Save f

  1. Sava (river)
  2. Save (a river in France)

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Etymology 1

Proper noun

die Save f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Save)

  1. Sava (a right tributary of the Danube)
  2. Save (a river in France)
Declension
Declension of Save [sg-only, feminine]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative eine die Save
genitive einer der Save
dative einer der Save
accusative eine die Save

Etymology 2

Proper noun

der Save m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Saves)

  1. Save (a river in Zimbabwe and Mozambique)

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σαύη (Saúē).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Savē f sg (genitive Savēs); first declension

    1. An inland city of Arabia, in the country of the Maphoritae

    Declension

    First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Savē
    genitive Savēs
    dative Savae
    accusative Savēn
    ablative Savē
    vocative Savē
    locative Savēs

    References

    • “Save”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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