même

See also: meme, Meme, mémé, mème, mëmë, and me'me'

French

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /mɛm/
    • (file)
    • Rhymes: -ɛm
    • Homophones: mème, mèmes, mêmes
  • IPA(key): /mɛːm/ (older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada)
    • (file)
    • (file)
    • Homophone: mêmes

Adverb

même

  1. (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

Adjective

même (plural mêmes)

  1. (used before the noun) same
    Je l’ai acheté le même jour
    I bought it the same day
  2. (used after the noun) very
    Ah, la personne même que je voulais voir!
    Ah, the very person I wanted to see!

Derived terms

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

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French meïsme, mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus, from Latin -met (intensifier) + ipse (him/her/itself) + -issimus (superlative ending).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

même m or f

  1. (Jersey, France) same
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