Phrase guide

safe and sound

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having come to no harm, especially after being exposed to danger.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: in one piece, unharmed, unhurt, uninjured, unscathed

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

free from danger or injury

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the children were found safe and sound

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unhurt

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Conjunction of safe (“not in danger”) and sound (“intact, healthy”). Compare with Old French sauf et sain.

Across languages

Translations

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَأْمُون وَسَلِيم (maʔmūn wasalīm) — having come to no harm
  • Azerbaijani: sağ-salamat — having come to no harm
  • Bulgarian: жив и здрав (živ i zdrav) — having come to no harm
  • Bulgarian: здрав и читав (zdrav i čitav) — having come to no harm
  • Catalan: sa i estalvi — having come to no harm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安好 (ānhǎo) — having come to no harm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平安 (píng'ān) — having come to no harm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 毫髮無傷 /毫发无伤 (háofàwúshāng) — having come to no harm
  • Chinese Mandarin: 安然無恙 /安然无恙 (ānránwúyàng) — having come to no harm
  • Dutch: veilig en wel — having come to no harm
  • Esperanto: sanigita kaj savita — having come to no harm
  • Finnish: kunnossa — having come to no harm
  • Finnish: turvassa — having come to no harm
  • French: sain et sauf — having come to no harm
  • Galician: san e salvo — having come to no harm
  • German: wohlbehalten — having come to no harm
  • German: ganz und heil — having come to no harm
  • German: gesund und munter — having come to no harm
  • Greek: σώος και αβλαβής (sóos kai avlavís) — having come to no harm
  • Hindi: सहीसलामत (sahīslāmat) — having come to no harm
  • Hungarian: ép és egészséges — having come to no harm
  • Icelandic: heill á húfi — having come to no harm
  • Icelandic: heilu og höldnu — having come to no harm
  • Icelandic: klakklaust — having come to no harm
  • Interlingua: san e salve — having come to no harm
  • Italian: sano e salvo — having come to no harm
  • Italian: incolume — having come to no harm
  • Italian: indenne — having come to no harm
  • Japanese: 無事に (buji-ni) — having come to no harm
  • Khmer: ដោយសោត្ថិភាព (daoy saotthe’phiep) — having come to no harm
  • Khmer: ដោយសុវត្ថិភាព (daoy so’vatthe’phiep) — having come to no harm
  • Khmer: សុវត្ថិភាពនិងសុខុដុម (sowtthephiəpnɨngsokhodom) — having come to no harm
  • Khmer: សុខសុវត្ថិភាព (soksowtthephiəp) — having come to no harm
  • Korean: 무사하다 (musahada) — having come to no harm
  • Central Kurdish: ساغ و سەلیم (saẍ û selîm) — having come to no harm
  • Latin: sani salvique — having come to no harm
  • Latin: sospes — having come to no harm
  • Latin: incolumis — having come to no harm
  • Latvian: sveiks un vesels — having come to no harm
  • Lithuanian: sveikas ir gyvas — having come to no harm
  • Mongolian: энх тунх (enx tunx) — having come to no harm
  • Norwegian Bokmål: helskinnet — having come to no harm
  • Polish: cały i zdrowy — having come to no harm
  • Portuguese: são e salvo — having come to no harm
  • Punjabi: ਠੀਕ ਠਾਕ (ṭhīk ṭhāk) — having come to no harm
  • Romanian: teafăr — having come to no harm
  • Romanian: sănătos — having come to no harm
  • Romanian: teafăr și nevătămat — having come to no harm
  • Russian: в це́лости и сохра́нности (v célosti i soxránnosti) — having come to no harm
  • Russian: це́лый и невреди́мый (célyj i nevredímyj) — having come to no harm
  • Serbo-Croatian: zdrav i čitav — having come to no harm
  • Slovak: živý a zdravý — having come to no harm
  • Spanish: sano y salvo — having come to no harm
  • Swedish: välbehållen — having come to no harm
  • Swedish: helskinnad — having come to no harm
  • Turkish: sağ salim — having come to no harm
  • Turkish: sağ selamet — having come to no harm