# same
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /seɪm/
* (Canada) IPA: /seːm/
** (Ottawa Valley) IPA: [seːm], [sɛːm]
* Audio (General American):(file)
* 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)
* 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.
** 1885, William Kingdon Clifford, chapter IV, in The Common Sense of the Exact Sciences:Our space may be really same (of equal curvature), but its degree of curvature may change as a whole with the time.
** 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
* Lacking variety from; indistinguishable.
* 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.
* 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.
* A reply of confirmation of identity.
** c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:King Lear: This is a dull sight. Are you not Kent? Kent: The same.
** 1994, Clerks:Dante: Whose house was it? Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's. Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster? Blue-Collar Man: The same.

##### 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

* equal
* equivalent
* identical
* alike
* similar

##### Antonyms

* another
* different
* opposite
* other

##### Derived terms

* all else the same
* at the same time
* bitten by the same bug
* by the same token
* chip off the same block
* chip of the same block
* cut from the same cloth
* cut of the same cloth
* cut out of the same cloth
* exact same
* get glad in the same britches one got mad in
* get glad in the same pants one got mad in
* harp on the same string
* if it's all the same
* in the same boat
* in the same breath
* in the same shoes
* in the same vain
* in the same vane
* in the same vein
* just the same
* lightning does not strike twice in the same place
* lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place
* lightning never strikes twice in the same place
* of the same stripe
* on the same page
* on the same wavelength
* paint with the same brush
* play the same tape
* put the same shoe on every foot
* row in the same boat
* same-blooded
* same-bloodedness
* same-day
* same day lay
* same difference
* same exact
* same gender loving
* same-gender-loving
* same-gender marriage
* same here
* sameish
* samely
* same-minded
* sameness
* same old
* same old-same old
* same old same-old
* same old same old
* same-old same-old
* same old story
* same-origin policy
* same same
* same sex
* same-sex
* same-sexer
* same-sex marriage
* same-sexness
* same-sexuality
* see the same way
* self-same
* serve someone the same sauce
* serve someone with the same sauce
* sing from the same hymnal
* sing from the same hymnbook
* sing from the same hymn sheet
* sing off the same hymn sheet
* sing the same tune
* sleep under the same bridge
* tar with the same brush
* tar with the same stick
* the same
* two sides of the same coin
* very same
* walk and chew gum at the same time
* you cannot put the same shoe on every foot
* you can't step in the same river twice

##### Translations

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#### Adverb

the same (not comparable)
* (used with the) The same way; in the same manner; to the same extent, 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
* The identical thing, ditto.
    The same can be said of him.
    It's the same everywhere.
* 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.
* (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)
* (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

* all the same
* one and the same
* same to you

##### Translations

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#### Interjection

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

##### 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)
* (obsolete or UK dialectal) Together.

### Further reading

* “same”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “same”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “same”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

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

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsame]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ame
* Hyphenation: sa‧me

### Adverb

same
* equally

## Finnish
### Etymology

samea +‎ -e

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

same (rare)
* cloudy liquid or fluid; fluid that has become cloudy due to its temperature being below the cloud point

#### Declension

Possessive forms of same (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sameeni
sameeni
accusative
nom.
sameeni
sameeni
gen.
sameeni
genitive
sameeni
sameideni sameitteni
partitive
samettani
sameitani
inessive
sameessani
sameissani
elative
sameestani
sameistani
illative
sameeseeni
sameisiini sameihini
adessive
sameellani
sameillani
ablative
sameeltani
sameiltani
allative
sameelleni
sameilleni
essive
sameenani
sameinani
translative
sameekseni
sameikseni
abessive
sameettani
sameittani
instructive
comitative
—sameineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sameesi
sameesi
accusative
nom.
sameesi
sameesi
gen.
sameesi
genitive
sameesi
sameidesi sameittesi
partitive
samettasi
sameitasi
inessive
sameessasi
sameissasi
elative
sameestasi
sameistasi
illative
sameeseesi
sameisiisi sameihisi
adessive
sameellasi
sameillasi
ablative
sameeltasi
sameiltasi
allative
sameellesi
sameillesi
essive
sameenasi
sameinasi
translative
sameeksesi
sameiksesi
abessive
sameettasi
sameittasi
instructive
comitative
—sameinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sameemme
sameemme
accusative
nom.
sameemme
sameemme
gen.
sameemme
genitive
sameemme
sameidemme sameittemme
partitive
samettamme
sameitamme
inessive
sameessamme
sameissamme
elative
sameestamme
sameistamme
illative
sameeseemme
sameisiimme sameihimme
adessive
sameellamme
sameillamme
ablative
sameeltamme
sameiltamme
allative
sameellemme
sameillemme
essive
sameenamme
sameinamme
translative
sameeksemme
sameiksemme
abessive
sameettamme
sameittamme
instructive
comitative
—sameinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sameenne
sameenne
accusative
nom.
sameenne
sameenne
gen.
sameenne
genitive
sameenne
sameidenne sameittenne
partitive
samettanne
sameitanne
inessive
sameessanne
sameissanne
elative
sameestanne
sameistanne
illative
sameeseenne
sameisiinne sameihinne
adessive
sameellanne
sameillanne
ablative
sameeltanne
sameiltanne
allative
sameellenne
sameillenne
essive
sameenanne
sameinanne
translative
sameeksenne
sameiksenne
abessive
sameettanne
sameittanne
instructive
comitative
—sameinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
sameensa
sameensa
accusative
nom.
sameensa
sameensa
gen.
sameensa
genitive
sameensa
sameidensa sameittensa
partitive
samettaan samettansa
sameitaan sameitansa
inessive
sameessaan sameessansa
sameissaan sameissansa
elative
sameestaan sameestansa
sameistaan sameistansa
illative
sameeseensa
sameisiinsa sameihinsa
adessive
sameellaan sameellansa
sameillaan sameillansa
ablative
sameeltaan sameeltansa
sameiltaan sameiltansa
allative
sameelleen sameellensa
sameilleen sameillensa
essive
sameenaan sameenansa
sameinaan sameinansa
translative
sameekseen sameeksensa
sameikseen sameiksensa
abessive
sameettaan sameettansa
sameittaan sameittansa
instructive
comitative
—sameineen sameinensa :

#### Derived terms

* samepiste

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

same (plural sames)
* Sami

### Noun

same m or f by sense (plural sames)
* Sami

### Noun

same m (uncountable)
* Sami (language)

#### Derived terms

* same d’Inari

## Hadza
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /same/

### Verb

same
* (transitive) to eat

#### Related terms

* seme

## Japanese
### Romanization

same
* Rōmaji transcription of さめ

## Middle English
### Noun

same
* Alternative form of seym

## 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: /²sɑːmə/

### 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

* finn
* lapp (derogatory)

##### Related terms

* samisk

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse sami. Akin to English same.

#### Alternative forms

* såmmå (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect)

#### Determiner

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

##### 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
* 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: /zæmˈe/

### Noun

same
* earth (element)
* earth, ground

#### Quotations

* Elbing German-Prussian Vocabulary
    ERde Same

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* 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
* vocative singular of samā

### Adjective

same
* masculine/neuter locative singular of sama
* masculine accusative plural of sama
* feminine vocative singular of sama

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsa.mɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -amɛ
* Syllabification: sa‧me

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

### Noun

same c
* Sami; person of the Sami people

#### 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)
* ↑ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Same”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
* ↑ https://www.sgr.fi/ct/ct51.html

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsa.me]

### Noun

same
* the tree Trema amboinensis

### References

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