sauvegarde

safeguard

noun sohv-GARD Rare

Also means

backup

Usage Note

Sauvegarde covers both the abstract sense of protection or safeguarding (as in la sauvegarde des droits) and the technical computing sense of a backup (faire une sauvegarde = 'to make a backup'). The verb sauvegarder means both 'to safeguard' and 'to save/back up a file'. Clause de sauvegarde is a legal term for an escape or safeguard clause in a contract.

Examples

"Fais une sauvegarde de tes fichiers importants."

Natural Translation

Make a backup of your important files.

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