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même

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

French

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Etymology

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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

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Adverb

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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

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Adjective

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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!

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Descendants

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  • Antillean Creole: menm
  • Guianese Creole: menm
  • Haitian Creole: menm
  • Karipúna Creole French: mém
  • Louisiana Creole: même, méme, mem
  • Mauritian Creole: mem
  • Seychellois Creole: menm

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Further reading

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Norman

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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même m or f

  1. (Jersey, France) same