What does saut in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word saut in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use saut in French.

The word saut in French means jump, drop, fall, plunge, jump, jump, leap, falls, goto, a stone's throw, first thing in the morning, show jumping, do a bungee jump, go bungee jumping, pole-vault, take the plunge, pop in to see , pop over to 's house, make a brief stop, make a brief stopover, inch forward, make a parachute jump, do a parachute jump, catch at the crack of dawn, bungee jump, bungee jumping, skipping, skipping, pole-vaulting, the pole vault, ski jumping, pike jump, straddle jump, show jumping, leap into the unknown, vaulting, hurdles, swan dive, line break, handspring, handspring flip, page break, short hop, extension jump, high jump, long jump, parachute jump, skydive, skydiving, somersault, backward somersault, quantum leap, drainage ditch, vaulting board, triple jump. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word saut

jump

nom masculin (bond, vers le haut)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les grenouilles avancent en faisant des sauts.
Frogs move along in jumps.

drop, fall, plunge

nom masculin (chute, vers le bas)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le frein à main de la voiture a lâché et la voiture garée au bord de la falaise a fait un saut de plusieurs mètres.
The car's handbrake released and the car parked at the edge of the cliff took a plunge of several metres.

jump

nom masculin (Sports : bond) (Sports)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le Français a réalisé un saut parfait. La patineuse a enchaîné les sauts et obtenu une très bonne note.

jump

nom masculin (Sports : discipline) (athletics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette athlète a une bonne détente, elle ferait mieux de se mettre au saut.

leap

nom masculin (transition) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
S'établir à l'étranger, c'est un saut vers l'inconnu.
Settling overseas is a leap into the unknown.

falls

nom masculin (Géographie (cascade)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Le saut du Doubs est magnifique.
The Saut du Doubs waterfall is magnificent.

goto

nom masculin (Informatique (rupture de code séquentiel) (programming languages)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le BASIC utilise beaucoup les instructions de saut.
BASIC uses a lot of goto instructions.

a stone's throw

locution adverbiale (figuré (pas très loin) (figurative)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

first thing in the morning

locution adverbiale (dès le réveil)

show jumping

nom masculin (concours hippique avec sauts)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Elle s'est entraînée toute la semaine afin de participer au concours de saut d'obstacles.

do a bungee jump, go bungee jumping

locution verbale (chuter accroché à un élastique)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Il faudrait me payer cher pour que je fasse du saut à l'élastique !

pole-vault

locution verbale (sport : sauter avec une perche) (sports)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

take the plunge

locution verbale (prendre une décision importante) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

pop in to see , pop over to 's house

locution verbale (effectuer une visite rapide) (informal)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Je ferai un saut chez toi avant d'aller à la gare.

make a brief stop, make a brief stopover

locution verbale (figuré (aviation : faire une courte escale)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

inch forward

locution verbale (péjoratif (avancer de façon non significative) (make little progress)

make a parachute jump, do a parachute jump

locution verbale (sauter en parachute)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
J'ai fait un saut en parachute pour mes 30 ans.

catch at the crack of dawn

locution verbale (aborder [qqn] avant son complet réveil)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

bungee jump, bungee jumping

nom masculin (sport : saut dans le vide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Si tu aimes les sensations fortes, pourquoi ne pas essayer le saut à l'élastique ?
If you are a thrill seeker, why not try bungee jumping?

skipping

nom masculin (activité ludique) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
De mon temps, les filles jouaient au saut à la corde pendant la récréation.

skipping

nom masculin (exercice d'échauffement) (UK)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce boxeur fait du saut à la corde pour s'échauffer.

pole-vaulting, the pole vault

nom masculin (discipline d'athlétisme) (athletics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

ski jumping

nom masculin (sport de glisse)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce sportif s'entraîne pour les Jeux olympiques de saut à ski.

pike jump, straddle jump

nom masculin (saut les jambes écartées) (gymnastics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les gymnastes s'entraînent à faire des sauts carpés.

show jumping

nom masculin (parcours hippique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Ce cheval est spécialisé pour le saut d'obstacles.

leap into the unknown

nom masculin (figuré (découverte totale)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

vaulting

nom masculin (discipline gymnastique artistique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le saut de cheval consiste à franchir un agrès.

hurdles

nom masculin (athlétisme : course de haies) (athletics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cet athlète se prépare pour la compétition de saut de haies.

swan dive

nom masculin (natation : plongeon artistique) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

line break

nom masculin (insertion de ligne vierge)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il tape toujours deux sauts de lignes entre ses paragraphes.

handspring, handspring flip

nom masculin (mouvement de gymnastique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

page break

nom masculin (passage à une nouvelle page)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
On pose un saut de page pour éviter de laisser une ligne orpheline en fin de page.

short hop

nom masculin (figuré (très courte distance)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

extension jump

nom masculin (type de saut)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

high jump

nom masculin (sport d'athlétisme)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Au saut en hauteur, on passe les épaules avant les jambes.

long jump

nom masculin (sport d'athlétisme)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Au lycée, Olivier était le meilleur au saut en longueur.

parachute jump, skydive

nom masculin (action de parachutisme) (act)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour mes quarante ans, on m'a offert un saut en parachute.
I was given a parachute jump as a fortieth birthday present.

skydiving

nom masculin (parachutisme) (activity)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le saut en parachute est encore un loisir restreint.
Skydiving is still an elite activity.

somersault

nom masculin (tour complet sur soi)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

backward somersault

nom masculin (saut périlleux vers l'arrière)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

quantum leap

nom masculin (physique : changement d'état quantique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La phosphorescence résulte d'un saut quantique.

drainage ditch

nom masculin (large fossé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les sauts-de-loup évitent que la chaussée soit inondée.

vaulting board

nom féminin (agrès de gymnastique) (gymnastics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

triple jump

nom masculin (épreuve d'athlétisme) (athletics)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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