même
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French mesme, from Old French mesme, earlier medesme or medisme and meïsme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met + ipse + -issimus. Cognates include Bourguignon moîme, Spanish mismo, Portuguese mesmo and Italian medesimo.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
même
- (used before the article) even
- Même les rois doivent mourir. ― Even kings must die
- On ne peut même pas en faire une. ― We cannot even make one
- J’veux même pas savoir. ― I don't even want to know.
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
même (plural mêmes)
- (used before the noun) same
- Je l’ai acheté le même jour
- I bought it the same day
- (used after the noun) very
- Ah, la personne même que je voulais voir!
- Ah, the very person I wanted to see!
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Antillean Creole: menm
- Guianese Creole: menm
- Haitian Creole: menm
- Karipúna Creole French: mém
- Louisiana Creole: même, méme, mem
- Mauritian Creole: mem
- Seychellois Creole: menm
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “même”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mesme (Guernsey)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French meïsme, mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met (intensifier) + ipse (“him/her/itself”) + -issimus (superlative ending).
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Adjective[edit]
même m or f
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