same

same

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /seɪm/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /seːm/
    • (Ottawa Valley) IPA(key): [seːm], [sɛːm]
  • Homophone: Sejm
  • Rhymes: -eɪm

Etymology 1

From Middle English same, from Old Norse samr (“same”) and/or Old English same, sama (“same”) in the phrase swā same (swā) (“in like manner, in the same way (as)”), both from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). Doublet of -some, some.

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 𐍃𐌰𐌼𐌰 (sama), a weak adjectival form, Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “same”), Old Irish som, Russian са́мый (sámyj), Sanskrit सम (samá), Persian هم (ham, “also, same”), Finnish sama (“same”), Estonian sama (“same”).

Adjective

same (not comparable)

  1. Not different or other; not another or others; not different as regards self; selfsame; identical.
  2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
  3. Similar, alike.
  4. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
  5. A reply of confirmation of identity.
Usage notes
  • This adjective is usually used after the (except after demonstratives, for example "this same girl"), in which case the actually belongs to the following noun. This can make it difficult to distinguish between this adjective and the same word used without an adjacent noun, in other words as an adverb or pronoun, usually as part of the same.
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Adverb

the same (not comparable)

  1. (used with the) The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, equally.
Translations

Pronoun

same

  1. The identical thing, ditto.
  2. Something similar, something of the identical type.
  3. (formal, often law) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
  4. (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

  1. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.
Synonyms
  • this, +1, like, likewise
  • IAWTP
Translations

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)

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal) Together.

Further reading

  • “same”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “same”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “same”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • AMEs, ASME, Ames, EMAS, MSAE, Mesa, eams, mase, meas, meas., mesa, seam

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsame]
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Hyphenation: sa‧me

Adverb

same

  1. equally

Finnish

Etymology

samea +‎ -e

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɑmeˣ/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝me̞(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑme
  • Hyphenation(key): sa‧me

Noun

same (rare)

  1. cloudy liquid or fluid; fluid that has become cloudy due to its temperature being below the cloud point

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Adjective

same (plural sames)

  1. Sami

Noun

same m or f by sense (plural sames)

  1. Sami

Noun

same m (uncountable)

  1. Sami (language)

Derived terms

  • same d’Inari

Hadza

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /same/

Verb

same

  1. (transitive) to eat

Related terms

  • seme

Japanese

Romanization

same

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さめ

Middle English

Noun

same

  1. Alternative form of seym

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

same m (definite singular samen, indefinite plural samer, definite plural samene)

  1. Sami; member of the Sami people

Synonyms

  • lapp (derogatory)

Related terms

  • samisk

References

  • “same” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²sɑːmə/

Etymology 1

From Northern Sami sápmi.

Noun

same m (definite singular samen, indefinite plural samar, definite plural samane)

  1. Sami; member of the Sami people
Synonyms
  • finn
  • lapp (derogatory)
Related terms
  • samisk

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sami. Akin to English same.

Alternative forms

  • såmmå (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect)

Determiner

same

  1. same
  2. no matter
Derived terms
  • med det same

References

  • “same” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Alternative forms

  • sama
  • some

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *samō (“in the same way; similarly, likewise”), influenced by the related adjective *sam (“same”), from Proto-Germanic *samaz (“same”), *samô (adverb), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *somHós (“same”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Adverb

same

  1. in the same way

Usage notes

Typically used in the phrase swā same or swā same swā

Descendants

  • Middle English: same (conflated with Old Norse borrowing)
    • English: same

Old Prussian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“land, earth”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zæmˈe/

Noun

same

  1. earth (element)
  2. earth, ground

Quotations

  • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
    ERde   Same

Pali

Alternative forms

Noun

same

  1. vocative singular of samā

Adjective

same

  1. masculine/neuter locative singular of sama
  2. masculine accusative plural of sama
  3. feminine vocative singular of sama

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsa.mɛ/
  • Rhymes: -amɛ
  • Syllabification: sa‧me

Adjective

same

  1. 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 *źemē (“land”). More at Sápmi and Sami.

Noun

same c

  1. Sami; person of the Sami people

Declension

Synonyms

  • lapp (now often derogatory)

Related terms

  • Sameland
  • samisk
  • samiska
  • Sápmi

References

  • same in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • same in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • same in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsa.me]

Noun

same

  1. the tree Trema amboinensis

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

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