savior

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• General-American: /ˈseɪvjɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvjə/
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From savior. Doublet of Salvador.

First attested in 1300 as Middle English saveour, from Old French sauveour, from Late Latin salvātor, from salvō. Doublet of salvator. Displaced native Old English hǣlend.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: المُخَلِّص (al-muḵalliṣ) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Armenian: Փրկիչ (Pʻrkičʻ) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Belarusian: Збаўца (Zbawca) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Catalan: Salvador — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Cebuano: Manunubos — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Chinese Cantonese: 救世主 (gau3 sai3 zyu2) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Chinese Cantonese: 救主 (gau3 zyu2) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Chinese: 救世主 (Kiù-sè-chú) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Chinese: 救主 (Kiù-chú) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Chinese Mandarin: 救世主 (Jiùshìzhǔ) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Chinese Mandarin: 救主 (Jiùzhǔ) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Czech: Spasitel — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Estonian: Päästja — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• French: Sauveur — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Galician: Salvador — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Hawaiian: Hoola — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Hebrew: מוֹשִיעַ (moshía) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Ilocano: Mangisalakan — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Indonesian: Juruselamat — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Japanese: 救世主 (Kyūseishu) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Japanese: 救い主 (Sukuinushi) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Korean: 구세주 (guseju) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Latin: Salvator — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Latvian: Pestītājs — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Macedonian: Спасител (Spasitel) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Malay: Penyelamat — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Old English: Hǣlend — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Old Saxon: Hēliand — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Polish: Zbawiciel — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Polish: Odkupiciel — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Portuguese: Salvador — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Romanian: Mântuitor — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Russian: Спаситель (Spasitelʹ) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Sicilian: Sarbaturi — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Spanish: Salvador — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Swedish: Frälsare — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Tagalog: Tagapagligtas — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Ukrainian: Спаситель (Spasytelʹ) — (Christianity) Jesus Christ — see also savior, Messiah
• Arabic: مُخَلِّص (muḵalliṣ) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Arabic: مُنْقِذ (munqiḏ) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Aragonese: salvador — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Armenian: փրկիչ (pʻrkičʻ) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Belarusian: выратава́льнік (vyrataválʹnik) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Belarusian: выратава́льніца (vyrataválʹnica) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Breton: salver — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Bulgarian: спаси́тел (spasítel) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Catalan: salvador — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Cebuano: manunubos — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Chinese Cantonese: 救星 — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Chinese: 救星 (zh-min-nan) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Chinese Mandarin: 救世主 (jiùshìzhǔ) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Chinese Mandarin: 救星 (jiùxīng) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Ngazidja Comorian: mkombozi — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Cornish: salvador — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Cornish: savyour — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Cornish: selwyas — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Czech: zachránce — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Danish: frelser — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Dutch: redder — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Dutch: redster — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Dzongkha: ཉེན་སྐྱོབ་འབད་མི (nyen skyob 'bad mi) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Ewe: xɔla — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Faroese: frelsari — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Finnish: pelastaja — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• French: sauveur — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• French: sauveuse — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Georgian: მშველელი (mšveleli) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Georgian: გადამრჩენი (gadamrčeni) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Georgian: მხსნელი (mxsneli) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• German: Erlöser — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• German: Erlöserin — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• German: Retter — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• German: Retterin — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• German: Erretter — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• German: Erretterin — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Greek: σωτήρας (sotíras) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Greek: σώτειρα (sóteira) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Ancient Greek: σωτήρ (sōtḗr) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Ancient Greek: σώτειρα (sṓteira) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Hebrew: מוֹשִיעַ (moshía) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Hungarian: megváltó — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Hungarian: megmentő — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Icelandic: frelsari — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Irish: slánaitheoir — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Italian: redentore — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Italian: redentrice — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Italian: salvatore — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Italian: salvatrice — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Japanese: 救世主 (kyūseishu) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Kazakh: құтқарушы (qūtqaruşy) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Korean: 구세주 (guseju) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Northern Kurdish: xelaskarê — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Latin: salvātor — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Latin: salvātrīx — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Latin: servātor — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Latin: servātrīx — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Latin: Sospita — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Latvian: glābējs — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Latvian: glābēja — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Lithuanian: gelbėtojas — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Lithuanian: gelbėtoja — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Macedonian: спасител (spasitel) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Malay: penyelamat — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Manx: saualtagh — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Māori: kaiwhakaora — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Middle English: saveour — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Mongolian: аврагч (avragč) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Navajo: yisdáʼiiníiłii — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norman: sauveux — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norman: saûveux — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norwegian Bokmål: frelser — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norwegian Bokmål: frelserinne — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norwegian Bokmål: redningsmann — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norwegian Bokmål: redningskvinne — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frelsar — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: frelserinne — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: redningsmann — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Norwegian Nynorsk: redningskvinne — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Occitan: sauvador — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Occitan: sarvaor — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Occitan: sauvaire — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Old English: hǣlend — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Old Saxon: hēliand — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Persian: منجی (monji) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Picard: sauveu — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Polish: ratownik — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Polish: ratowniczka — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Polish: wybawca — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Polish: wybawczyni — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Polish: wybawiciel — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Polish: wybawicielka — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Polish: zbawiciel — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Polish: zbawca — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Portuguese: salvador — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Portuguese: salvadora — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Romanian: mântuitor — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Russian: спаси́тель (spasítelʹ) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Russian: спаси́тельница (spasítelʹnica) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Russian: спаса́тель (spasátelʹ) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Russian: спаса́тельница (spasátelʹnica) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Scottish Gaelic: slànaighear — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Scottish Gaelic: slànair — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Serbo-Croatian: спа̀ситељ — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Serbo-Croatian: spàsitelj — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Sicilian: sarbaturi — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Slovak: záchranca — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Slovene: reševalec — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Spanish: salvador — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Spanish: salvadora — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Swahili: mkombozi — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Swedish: frälsare — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Swedish: frälserinna — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Tagalog: tagapagligtas — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Tibetan: སྐྱོབ་མཁན (skyob mkhan) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Tibetan: སྐྱབས་མགོན (skyabs mgon) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Turkish: kurtarıcı — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Ukrainian: рятівни́к (rjativnýk) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Ukrainian: рятівни́ця (rjativnýcja) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Urdu: مَسِیحا (masīḥā) — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Vietnamese: cứu tinh — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Walloon: såveu — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Welsh: achubwr — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Welsh: gwaredwr — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm
• Welsh: iachawdwr — a person who saves someone, rescues another from harm