à l'abri de

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a l‿a.bʁi də/

Preposition

à l'abri de

  1. safe from, sheltered from, secure from, out of
    à l'abri des regards ― out of sight
    Nul n'est à l'abri d'une erreur. ― No one is safe from error.
  2. protected by
    • 1979, Jeanne Champion, Les frères Montaurian‎[1], page 75:
      À l’abri des hauts murs de la Roche-Amère il pourrait exercer ses singuliers talents sans troubler pour autant le repos des morts pour la Patrie.
      Sheltered by the high walls of la Roche-Amère, he could exercise his singular talents without disturbing the repose of those who died for the fatherland.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.