sauf que

sof kə

Definition

Definition of sauf que - Reverso French Dictionary

Conjunction

exceptionintroduit une exception à ce qui vient d'être dit

Tout s'est bien passé, sauf que Pierre n'était pas là.
Le film était intéressant, sauf que la fin était prévisible.
J'ai tout compris, sauf que la dernière question m'a posé problème.

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Expressions with sauf

sauf accident

adv.

exprime qu'une action aura lieu si rien d'imprévu n'arrive

Le train arrivera sauf accident à quinze heures précises.

tout sauf

prep.

exclut un élément spécifique d'un ensemble mentionné

Il mange tout sauf du porc.

sauf à

prep.

en se réservant la possibilité de faire quelque chose plus tard

Il accepte votre proposition, sauf à renégocier les conditions.

sauf contre-ordre

adv.

jusqu'à ce qu'une instruction différente soit donnée

La réunion aura lieu demain à 14h, sauf contre-ordre.

arriver sain et sauf

parvenir à destination sans blessure ni dommage

Les voyageurs sont arrivés sains et saufs après la tempête.

rester sain et sauf

ne pas subir de dommage lors d'une situation dangereuse

Les randonneurs sont restés sains et saufs malgré l'orage violent.

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tout autre chose

pron.

rejet

exprime une exclusion avec que sauf l'élément cité

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English:except that, ...
German:nur dass, ...
Italian:solo che, ...
Spanish:excepto que, ...
Portuguese:Exceto que, ...
Chinese:只是, ...
Japanese:ただし, ...
Arabic:إلا أن, ...
Hebrew:רַק שֶׁ-, ...
Russian:разве что, ...
Ukrainian:але, ...
Catalan:excepte que, ...
Danish:bortset fra at, ...
Dutch:behalve dat, ...
Greek:μόνο που, ...
Hungarian:csakhogy, ...
Khmer:លើកលែងតែថា, ...
Korean:하지만, ...
Polish:z wyjątkiem, ...
Portuguese (BR):só que, ...
Romanian:numai că, ...
Swedish:utom att, ...
Thai:แต่..., ...
Turkish:ama, ...
Vietnamese:chỉ có điều, ...

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