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See also: Appendix:Variations of "same"

English

Pronunciation

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.
    I realised I was the same age as my grandfather had been when he joined the air force.
    Even if the twins are identical, they are still not the same person, unlike Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens.
    Peter and Anna went to the same high school: the high school to which Peter went is the high school to which Anna went.
  2. Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
  3. Similar, alike.
    You have the same hair I do!
    • 1909, Archibald Marshall [pseudonym; Arthur Hammond Marshall], “A Court Ball”, in The Squire’s Daughter, New York, N.Y.: Dodd, Mead and Company, published 1919, →OCLC, page 9:
      They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
    • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court:
      She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
  4. Used to express the unity of an object or person which has various different descriptions or qualities.
    Round here it can be cloudy and sunny even in the same day.
    We were all going in the same direction.
  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.
Synonyms
identical
similar
Antonyms
Derived terms
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Adverb

the same (not comparable)

  1. (used with the) The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, unchanged; equally.
    A mother loves all her children the same.
    My hometown looked much the same as when I'd left 10 years ago.
    It took all night to find our hotel room, as we forgot our room number and each door looked the same.
Translations

Pronoun

same

  1. The identical thing, ditto.
    The same can be said of him.
    It's the same everywhere.
  2. Something similar, something of the identical type.
    She's having apple pie? I'll have the same.   You two are just the same.
    • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
      When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.
  3. (formal, often law) It or them, without a connotation of similarity.
    The question is his credibility or lack of same.
    Light valve suspensions and films containing UV absorbers and light valves containing the same (title of US Patent 5,467,217)
    Methods of selectively distributing data in a computer network and systems using the same (title of US Patent 7,191,208)
  4. (India, common) It or them, as above, meaning the last object mentioned, mainly as complement: on the same, for the same.
    My picture/photography blog...kindly give me your reviews on the same.
Usage notes
  • This word is commonly used as the same.
Derived terms
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Interjection

same

  1. (Internet slang) Indicates approval or agreement with the previous material, especially in reference to the previous speaker's viewpoint.
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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

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

From Northern Sami sápmi.

Noun

same c (singular definite samen, plural indefinite samer)

  1. Sami; member of the Sami people

Declension

More information common gender, singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

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Esperanto

Etymology

From sama (“same”) +‎ -e (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Adverb

same

  1. equally
    • 2025 September 29, Jorge Nogueras, “La plej mallonga tago”, in uea.facila‎, archived from the original on 12 December 2025:
      Sed, almenaŭ laŭ-sperte, ĉiuj tagoj en nia vivo estas same longaj.
      But, at least according to experience, all days in our life are equally long.

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Finnish

Etymology

samea +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

Derived terms

compounds
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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

Hadza

Pronunciation

Verb

same

  1. (transitive) to eat

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

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse sami. Akin to English same.

Alternative forms

Determiner

same

  1. same
    Eg er framleis den same.
    I am still the same.
  2. no matter
    Det er det same for meg.
    It does not matter to me.
    Same kva som skjer […]
    No matter what happens […]
Derived terms

References

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Old English

Alternative forms

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)
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Old Prussian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

same

  1. earth (element)
  2. earth, ground

Quotations

  • Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
    ERde   Same

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀲𑀫𑁂 (Brahmi script)
  • समे (Devanagari script)
  • সমে (Bengali script)
  • සමෙ (Sinhalese script)
  • သမေ (Burmese script)
  • สเม or สะเม (Thai script)
  • ᩈᨾᩮ (Tai Tham script)
  • ສເມ or ສະເມ (Lao script)
  • សមេ (Khmer script)
  • 𑄥𑄟𑄬 (Chakma script)

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

Adjective

same

  1. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sam

Swedish

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