jamais
See also: ja mais
French
Etymology
From Old French ja més, jamés (“ever”), from Latin iam magis (“yet more”). Compare Spanish jamás, Italian giammai and Portuguese jamais.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒa.mɛ/
audio (file) - (Paris) IPA(key): /ʒa.me/
- (Louisiana) IPA(key): [ʒɑ̃me], [hɑ̃mɛ̃], [ʒɔ̃mɛ̃]
Adverb
jamais
Derived terms
- à jamais (“forever”)
- à tout jamais
- au grand jamais
- jamais de la vie
Further reading
- “jamais” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Portuguese
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