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same
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /se?m/
- Rhymes: -e?m
- Homophone: Sejm
Etymology 1
From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase sw? same (sw?) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Cognate with Scots samin (“same, like, together”), Dutch samen (“together”), Danish samme (“same”), Swedish samma (“same”), Norwegian Bokmål samme (“same”), Norwegian Nynorsk same (“same”), Gothic ???????????????? (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ???? (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian ?????? (sámyj), Sanskrit ?? (samá), Persian ??? (ham, “also, same”).
Adjective
same (not comparable)
- Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
- Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
- Similar, alike.
- Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
- A reply of confirmation of identity.
- ca. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, scene III:
- King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent?
- Kent: The same.[1]
- 1994, Clerks:
- Dante: Whose house was it?
- Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
- Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
- Blue-Collar Man: The same. [2]
- ca. 1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, Act V, scene III:
Usage notes
- This word is usually construed with the (except after demonstratives: "this same..." etc.). This can make it difficult to distinguish between the simple adjective and the adjective used absolutely or pronominally.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
Pronoun
same
- The identical thing, ditto.
- Something similar, something of the identical type.
- (formal, often law) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
- (India, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
Usage notes
- This word is commonly used as the same.
Derived terms
Translations
Interjection
same
- (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
Synonyms
- this, +1, like
- IAWTP
Etymology 2
From Middle English same, samme, samen, (also ysame, isame), from Old English samen (“together”), from Proto-Germanic *samanai (“together”), from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“one, together”). Cognate with Scots samin (“together”), Dutch samen (“together”), German zusammen (“together”), Swedish samman (“together”), Icelandic saman (“together”).
Adverb
same (comparative more same, superlative most same)
- (obsolete or Britain dialectal) Together.
Further reading
- same in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- same in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- same at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- AMEs, ASME, Ames, MSAE, Mesa, eams, mase, meas, meas., mesa, seam
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Adverb
same
- equally
French
Adjective
same (plural sames)
- Sami
Noun
same m or f (plural sames)
- Sami
same m (uncountable)
- Sami
Derived terms
- same d'Inari
Hadza
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /same/
Verb
same
- (transitive) to eat
Related terms
- seme
Japanese
Romanization
same
- R?maji transcription of ??
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
same m (definite singular samen, indefinite plural samer, definite plural samene)
- Sami; member of the Sami people
Synonyms
- lapp (derogatory)
Related terms
- samisk
References
- “same” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²s??m?/
Etymology 1
From Northern Sami sápmi.
Noun
same m (definite singular samen, indefinite plural samar, definite plural samane)
- Sami; member of the Sami people
Synonyms
- lapp (derogatory)
Related terms
- samisk
Etymology 2
From Old Norse sami. Akin to English same.
Determiner
same
- same
- no matter
Derived terms
- med det same
References
- “same” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pali
Alternative forms
Noun
same
- vocative singular of sam?
Adjective
same
- masculine/neuter locative singular of sama
- masculine accusative plural of sama
- feminine vocative singular of sama
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sa.m?/
Adjective
same
- nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sam
Swedish
Etymology
From Northern Sami Sámi, from one of the Sami languages, of uncertain origin/meaning, but possibly related to Proto-Balto-Slavic *?em? (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.
Noun
same c
- Sami; person of the Sami people
Declension
Synonyms
- lapp (now often derogatory)
Related terms
- samiska
References
same From the web:
- what same signs are compatible
- what same means
- what same number equals 30
- what same to you meaning
- what samir means
- what same number should be added
- the same or same
twin
English
Alternative forms
- twynne (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- enPR: tw?n, IPA(key): /tw?n/, [tw??n]
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English twinne, twynne, from Old English ?etwin, ?etwinn (“twin, multiple”, noun) and twinn (“twin, two-fold, double, two by two”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *twinjaz, *twinaz (“two each”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwino- (“twin”), from *dwóh? (“two”). Cognate with Scots twyn (“twin”), Dutch tweeling (“twin”), German Zwilling (“twin”), Swedish tvilling (“twin”), Faroese tvinnur (“a double set”), Icelandic tvenna (“duo, pair”), Lithuanian dvynys (“twin”), Russian ?????? (dvojnja, “twin”).
Noun
twin (plural twins)
- Either of two people (or, less commonly, animals) who shared the same uterus at the same time; one who was born at the same birth as a sibling.
- Either of two similar or closely related objects, entities etc.
- A room in a hotel, guesthouse, etc. with two beds; a twin room.
- (US) A twin size mattress or a bed designed for such a mattress.
- (aviation) A two-engine aircraft.
- (crystallography) A twin crystal.
Synonyms
- twindle, twinling, doublet (in the sense of twins and triplets)
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- twyndyllyng
- (hotel room): single, double
- twain
Verb
twin (third-person singular simple present twins, present participle twinning, simple past and past participle twinned)
- (transitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To separate, divide.
- (intransitive, obsolete outside Scotland) To split, part; to go away, depart.
- (usually in the passive) To join, unite; to form links between (now especially of two places in different countries).
- Still we moved / Together, twinned, as horse's ear and eye.
- (intransitive) To be paired or suited.
- (intransitive) To give birth to twins.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be born at the same birth.
See also
- sister city
Etymology 2
From Middle English *twin, *twyn, from Old English twin, twinn (“twin; double”, adjective), from Proto-Germanic *tw?hnaz (“occurring in a pair; twofold; double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh? (“two”). Cognate with Icelandic tvennur (“double”), Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (tweihnai, “two each”).
Adjective
twin (not comparable)
- double; dual; occurring as a matching pair
- forming a pair of twins.
Synonyms
- (forming a matched pair): twofold; see also Thesaurus:dual
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- twin in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- twin in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- twin at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- Wint
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twin/
Adjective
twin
- Alternative form of twinn
Declension
twin From the web:
- what twin tower was hit first
- what twin dies in harry potter
- what twin peaks character am i
- what twins are genetic
- what twins are identical
- what twin names go together
- what twin tower fell first
- what twins look like in the womb
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