sauf-conduit

French

Alternative forms

  • saufconduit

Etymology

Attested in Middle French, and as early as 1175 as Old French sau conduit, in Benoît de Sainte-Maure's Chronique des ducs de Normandie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sof.kɔ̃.dɥi/
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Noun

sauf-conduit m (plural sauf-conduits)

  1. safe-conduct
    Synonym: laissez-passer

Descendants

  • → English: safe conduct (calque)

Further reading

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