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• /ˈseɪ̯f/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈsæɪ̯f/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈsæ̝ɪ̯f]
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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 Old English sicor (“secure, sure”).

362 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: Si Gur — not in danger
• Arabic: أَمِين (ʔamīn) — not in danger
• Arabic: سَالِم (sālim) — not in danger
• Arabic: آمِن (ʔāmin) — not in danger
• Armenian: ապահով (apahov) — not in danger
• Armenian: անվտանգ (anvtang) — not in danger
• Azerbaijani: əmin — not in danger
• Belarusian: бяспе́чны (bjaspjéčny) — not in danger
• Bulgarian: в безопа́сност (v bezopásnost) — not in danger
• Catalan: segur — not in danger
• Catalan: salv — not in danger
• Chinese Cantonese: 安全 (on1 cyun4) — not in danger
• Chinese Mandarin: 安全 (ānquán) — not in danger
• Czech: bezpečný — not in danger
• Danish: sikker — not in danger
• Danish: udenfor fare — not in danger
• Dutch: veilig — not in danger
• Esperanto: sekura — not in danger
• Estonian: ohutu — not in danger
• Estonian: turvaline — not in danger
• Finnish: (olla) turvassa — not in danger
• French: en sécurité — not in danger
• French: sauf — not in danger
• West-Frisian: feilich — not in danger
• Galician: seguro — not in danger
• Galician: salvo — not in danger
• Galician: zafo — not in danger
• Georgian: უვნებელი (uvnebeli) — not in danger
• German: sicher — not in danger
• German: gefahrlos — not in danger
• Bavarian German: sichar — not in danger
• Greek: ασφαλής (asfalís) — not in danger
• Ancient Greek: ἀσφαλής (asphalḗs) — not in danger
• Hebrew: בָּטוּחַ (batuach) — not in danger
• Hebrew: בְּטוּחָה (b'tucha) — not in danger
• Higaonon: naluwas — not in danger
• Hindi: सुरक्षित (surakṣit) — not in danger
• Hungarian: biztonságban van — not in danger
• Icelandic: öruggur — not in danger
• Icelandic: tryggur — not in danger
• Interlingua: salve — not in danger
• Interlingua: secur — not in danger
• Irish: slán — not in danger
• Italian: sicuro — not in danger
• Japanese: 安全 (anzen) — not in danger
• Khmer: មានសុវត្ថិភាព (miən sovatthephiəp) — not in danger
• Korean: 안전하다 (anjeonhada) — not in danger
• Central Kurdish: ساغ (saẍ) — not in danger
• Lao: ປອດໄພ (pǭt phai) — not in danger
• Latin: tūtus — not in danger
• Latin: securus — not in danger
• Latvian: drošs — not in danger
• Latvian: sveiks — not in danger
• Lithuanian: saugus — not in danger
• Macedonian: безбеден (bezbeden) — not in danger
• Macedonian: сигурен (siguren) — not in danger
• Malay: selamat — not in danger
• Māori: marutau — not in danger
• Māori: haumaru — not in danger
• Middle English: sauf — not in danger
• Middle English: siker — not in danger
• Norman: sauf — not in danger
• Norwegian: sikker — not in danger
• Norwegian: trygg — not in danger
• Old English: ġeheald — not in danger
• Persian: ایمن (imen) — not in danger
• Polish: bezpieczny — not in danger
• Portuguese: salvo — not in danger
• Portuguese: seguro — not in danger
• Portuguese: a salvo — not in danger
• Romanian: sigur — not in danger
• Russian: в безопа́сности (v bezopásnosti) — not in danger
• Scottish Gaelic: sàbhailte — not in danger
• Serbo-Croatian: безбедан — not in danger
• Serbo-Croatian: сигуран — not in danger
• Serbo-Croatian: bezbedan — not in danger
• Serbo-Croatian: siguran — not in danger
• Sicilian: sicuru — not in danger
• Slovak: bezpečný — not in danger
• Slovene: varen — not in danger
• Spanish: seguro — not in danger
• Spanish: salvo — not in danger
• Spanish: a salvo — not in danger
• Spanish: en salvo — not in danger
• Swahili: uganda — not in danger
• Swedish: säker — not in danger
• Swedish: trygg — not in danger
• Swedish: i säkerhet — not in danger
• Tagalog: ligtas — not in danger
• Tamil: பாதுகாப்பாக (pātukāppāka) — not in danger
• Thai: ปลอดภัย (bplɔ̀ɔt-pai) — not in danger
• Tongan: malu — not in danger
• Turkish: emin — not in danger
• Turkish: güvenli — not in danger
• Ukrainian: безпе́чний (bezpéčnyj) — not in danger
• Urdu: محفوظ (mahfūz) — not in danger
• Vietnamese: an toàn — not in danger
• Welsh: diogel — not in danger
• Zhuang: ancienz — not in danger
• Armenian: անվտանգ (anvtang) — free from risk
• Armenian: ապահով (apahov) — free from risk
• Belarusian: бяспе́чны (bjaspjéčny) — free from risk
• Bulgarian: сигурен (siguren) — free from risk
• Catalan: segur — free from risk
• Chinese Mandarin: 安全 (ānquán) — free from risk
• Czech: bezpečný — free from risk
• Danish: tryg — free from risk
• Dutch: veilig — free from risk
• Dutch: ongevaarlijk — free from risk
• Finnish: turvallinen — free from risk
• French: sans danger — free from risk
• French: sûr — free from risk
• French: safe — free from risk
• Galician: seguro — free from risk
• Georgian: საიმედო (saimedo) — free from risk
• German: sicher — free from risk
• Greek: ασφαλής (asfalís) — free from risk
• Greek: ακίνδυνος (akíndynos) — free from risk
• Hungarian: biztonságos — free from risk
• Icelandic: öruggur — free from risk
• Icelandic: hættulaus — free from risk
• Icelandic: áhættulaus — free from risk
• Icelandic: háskalaus — free from risk
• Interlingua: secur — free from risk
• Italian: sicuro — free from risk
• Japanese: 安全 (anzen) — free from risk
• Korean: 안전하다 (anjeonhada) — free from risk
• Central Kurdish: ساغ (saẍ) — free from risk
• Latin: tūtus — free from risk
• Latvian: drošs — free from risk
• Latvian: sveiks — free from risk
• Lithuanian: saugus — free from risk
• Māori: marutau — free from risk
• Māori: haumaru — free from risk
• Middle English: siker — free from risk
• Norwegian: sikker — free from risk
• Norwegian: trygg — free from risk
• Old English: ġeheald — free from risk
• Polish: bezpieczny — free from risk
• Portuguese: seguro — free from risk
• Russian: безопа́сный (bezopásnyj) — free from risk
• Sicilian: sicuru — free from risk
• Sicilian: sanu — free from risk
• Slovak: bezpečný — free from risk
• Slovene: varen — free from risk
• Spanish: seguro — free from risk
• Spanish: sano — free from risk
• Swahili: uganda — free from risk
• Swedish: säker — free from risk
• Swedish: riskfri — free from risk
• Tamil: பாதுகாப்பானது (pātukāppāṉatu) — free from risk
• Turkish: emin — free from risk
• Turkish: güvenilir — free from risk
• Ukrainian: безпе́чний (bezpéčnyj) — free from risk
• Vietnamese: an toàn — free from risk
• Welsh: diogel — free from risk
• Zazaki: emel — free from risk
• Albanian: Ru — providing protection from danger
• Albanian: Si Gur o — providing protection from danger
• Armenian: ապահով (apahov) — providing protection from danger
• Bulgarian: безопа́сен (bezopásen) — providing protection from danger
• Catalan: segur — providing protection from danger
• Chinese Mandarin: 安全 (ānquán) — providing protection from danger
• Dutch: veilig — providing protection from danger
• Finnish: turvallinen — providing protection from danger
• French: sûr — providing protection from danger
• Georgian: უსაფრთხო (usaprtxo) — providing protection from danger
• German: sicher — providing protection from danger
• Hungarian: biztonságos — providing protection from danger
• Icelandic: öruggur — providing protection from danger
• Icelandic: tryggur — providing protection from danger
• Italian: protetto — providing protection from danger
• Japanese: 安全 (anzen) — providing protection from danger
• Latvian: drošs — providing protection from danger
• Lithuanian: saugus — providing protection from danger
• Middle English: sauf — providing protection from danger
• Middle English: siker — providing protection from danger
• Norwegian: trygg — providing protection from danger
• Polish: bezpieczny — providing protection from danger
• Portuguese: seguro — providing protection from danger
• Russian: безопа́сный (bezopásnyj) — providing protection from danger
• Scottish Gaelic: dìonach — providing protection from danger
• Slovak: bezpečný — providing protection from danger
• Slovene: varen — providing protection from danger
• Swahili: uganda — providing protection from danger
• Swedish: säker — providing protection from danger
• Tamil: காக்க (kākka) — providing protection from danger
• Tamil: பாதுகாக்க (pātukākka) — providing protection from danger
• Turkish: emin — providing protection from danger
• Turkish: güvenilir — providing protection from danger
• Vietnamese: an toàn — providing protection from danger
• Vietnamese: chắc chắn — providing protection from danger
• Welsh: diogel — providing protection from danger
• Chinese Mandarin: 安全球 (ānquánqiú) — baseball: in the base
• Finnish: turvassa — baseball: in the base
• French: sauf — baseball: in the base
• Japanese: セーフ (sēfu) — baseball: in the base
• Korean: 세이프 (seipeu) — baseball: in the base
• Māori: tūpai — baseball: in the base
• Swedish: säker — baseball: in the base
• Vietnamese: an toàn — baseball: in the base
• Albanian: Si Gurt — properly secured
• Armenian: ապահով (apahov) — properly secured
• Dutch: veilig — properly secured
• Dutch: zekergesteld — properly secured
• Dutch: veiliggesteld — properly secured
• Finnish: turvassa — properly secured
• Finnish: tallessa — properly secured
• French: en sécurité — properly secured
• French: à l'abri — properly secured
• French: en lieu sûr — properly secured
• Georgian: დაცული (daculi) — properly secured
• German: sicher — properly secured
• Hungarian: biztonságos — properly secured
• Icelandic: öruggur — properly secured
• Icelandic: tryggur — properly secured
• Middle English: sauf — properly secured
• Middle English: siker — properly secured
• Norwegian: sikker — properly secured
• Polish: bezpieczny — properly secured
• Portuguese: seguro — properly secured
• Portuguese: a salvo — properly secured
• Russian: безопа́сный (bezopásnyj) — properly secured
• Russian: надёжный (nadjóžnyj) — properly secured
• Slovak: zabezpečený — properly secured
• Slovak: chránený — properly secured
• Slovene: varen — properly secured
• Swahili: uganda — properly secured
• Swedish: säker — properly secured
• Tamil: பாதுகாப்பாக (pātukāppāka) — properly secured
• Turkish: emin — properly secured
• Vietnamese: chắc chắn — properly secured
• Welsh: diogel — properly secured
• Finnish: kestävä — not in danger from a specified source of harm
• Icelandic: -heldur — not in danger from a specified source of harm
• Polish: bezpieczny — not in danger from a specified source of harm
• Swedish: -säker — not in danger from a specified source of harm
• Vietnamese: an toàn — not in danger from a specified source of harm
• Finnish: siisti — slang: wicked, cool, awesome
• Portuguese: massa — slang: wicked, cool, awesome
• Portuguese: legal — slang: wicked, cool, awesome
• Swahili: uganda — slang: wicked, cool, awesome
• Bulgarian: надежден (nadežden) — reliable
• Finnish: luotettava — reliable
• Latin: fidus — reliable
• Middle English: siker — reliable
• Tamil: நம்பகமான (nampakamāṉa) — reliable
• Tamil: நம்பகமானது (nampakamāṉatu) — reliable
• Vietnamese: đáng tin cậy — reliable
• Vietnamese: chắc chắn — reliable
• Vietnamese: ổn định — reliable
• Vietnamese: ổn — reliable
• Finnish: varovainen — cautious
• Tamil: பார்த்து (pārttu) — cautious
• Vietnamese: thận trọng — cautious
• Vietnamese: dè dặt — cautious
• Afrikaans: kluis — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Albanian: kasafortë — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Albanian: kasë — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Arabic: خَزْنَة حَدِيدِيَّة (ḵazna ḥadīdiyya) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Arabic: خَزْنَة (ḵazna) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Arabic: خزانة (ḵazāna) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Arabic: تجوري (tijūri) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Arabic: خزانة (ḵazāne) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Armenian: սեյֆ (seyf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Assamese: চন্দুক (sonduk) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Asturian: caxa fuerte — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Asturian: cofre — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Azerbaijani: seyf — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Azerbaijani: kassa — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Belarusian: сейф (sjejf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Bulgarian: сейф (sejf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Burmese: မီးခံသေတ္တာ (mi:hkamsetta) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Burmese: အာမခံသေတ္တာ (ama.hkamsetta) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Catalan: caixa forta — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Chinese Mandarin: 保險櫃 /保险柜 (bǎoxiǎnguì) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Chinese Mandarin: 保險箱 /保险箱 (bǎoxiǎnxiāng) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Chinese Mandarin: 金庫 /金库 (jīnkù) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Czech: trezor — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Czech: sejf — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Danish: pengeskab — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Danish: værdiboks — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Dutch: kluis — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Dutch: safe — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Esperanto: sekurŝranko — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Estonian: seif — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Finnish: kassakaappi — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Finnish: tallelokero — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• French: coffre-fort — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• French: coffre — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Galician: caixa forte — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Galician: cofre — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Georgian: სეიფი (seipi) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• German: Tresor — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• German: Safe — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• German: Geldschrank — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Greek: χρηματοκιβώτιο (chrimatokivótio) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Ancient Greek: ῥίσκος (rhískos) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Greenlandic: boksi — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Hebrew: כַּסֶּפֶת (kasefet) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Hindi: सेफ़ (sef) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Hindi: ख़ज़ाना (xazānā) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Hungarian: széf — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Hungarian: páncélszekrény — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Icelandic: peningaskápur — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Icelandic: öryggisskápur — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Indonesian: brankas — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Interlingua: cassa forte — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Interlingua: coffro — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Italian: cassaforte — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Japanese: 金庫 (kinko) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Kazakh: сейф (seif) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Khmer: ហិបប្រាក់ (həp prak) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Korean: 금고 (geumgo) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Kyrgyz: сейф (seyf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Lao: ຕູ້ນິຣະໄພ (tū ni ra phai) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Lao: ກໍາປັ່ນ (kam pan) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Latin: arca — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Latvian: seifs — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Lithuanian: seifas — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Macedonian: сеф (sef) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Macedonian: ка́са (kása) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Macedonian: бла́гајна (blágajna) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Malay: peti besi — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Malay: peti keselamatan — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Mongolian: сейф (sejf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Norwegian: safe — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Persian: گاوصندوق (gâvsanduq) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Plautdietsch: Kauss — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Polish: sejf — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Portuguese: cofre — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Romanian: seif — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Russian: сейф (sejf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Serbo-Croatian: сеф — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Serbo-Croatian: трезор — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Serbo-Croatian: sȅf — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Serbo-Croatian: trèzōr — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Sicilian: caxa — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Sicilian: caxa-forti — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Slovak: trezor — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Slovak: sejf — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Slovene: sef — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Spanish: caja fuerte — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Spanish: cofre — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Swahili: uganda — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Swahili: sefu — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Swedish: kassaskåp — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Tagalog: kaha de yero — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Tajik: сейф (seyf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Tamil: பாதுகாப்புப் பெட்டகம் (pātukāppup peṭṭakam) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Thai: กําปั่น (gam-bpàn) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Thai: ตู้เซฟ (séep) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Thai: ตู้นิรภัย — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Turkish: kasa — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Turkmen: seýf — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Ukrainian: сейф (sejf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Urdu: سیف (sef) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Uzbek: seyf — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Vietnamese: tủ sắt — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Vietnamese: két sắt — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Yiddish: סייף (seyf) — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping
• Zazaki: qasa — box in which valuables can be locked for safekeeping