même
French
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /mɛm/
Audio (France, Paris): (file)
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- Rhymes: -ɛm
- Homophones: mème, mèmes, mêmes
Adverb
même
- (used before the article) even
- Même les rois doivent mourir ― Even kings must die
- On ne peut même pas faire une ― We cannot even make one
Derived terms
Derived terms
Adjective
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!
Descendants
- 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
Further reading
- “même”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Alternative forms
- mesme (Guernsey)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French meïsme, mesme, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin -met (intensifier) + ipse (“him/her/itself”) + -issimus (superlative ending).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Adjective
même m or f
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