Mais

Part of Speech

adverb

Difficulty Level

Translations

🇩🇪 Ein polysemisches Wort, das als Konjunktion, Adverb oder Interjektion verwendet werden kann. , 🇪🇸 Una palabra polisémica que puede emplearse como conjunción, adverbio o interjección. , 🇮🇹 Un termine polisemico che può essere usato come congiunzione, avverbio o interiezione. , 🇵🇹 Palavra polissêmica que pode ser usada como conjunção, advérbio ou interjeição. , 🇨🇳 一个多义词，可用作连词、副词或感叹词。 , 🇯🇵 接続詞、副詞、感嘆詞として使われる多義語。 , 🇰🇷 접속사, 부사, 감탄사 등으로 쓰일 수 있는 다의어. , 🇸🇦 كلمة متعددة المعاني يمكن استخدامها كأداة وصل، ظرف، أو حِثّ , 🇮🇳 एक बहुअर्थी शब्द, जिसे संयोजक, क्रिया विशेषण या विस्मयादिबोधक के रूप में इस्तेमाल किया जा सकता है।

Definition

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Etymology

The French adverb **mais** derives from the Latin comparative adverb *magis* meaning “more, rather.” In Old French it appeared as **mai**, and the spelling later changed to **mais**. The word kept its sense of “more” while developing a concessive nuance, becoming the conjunction “but” and an adverb meaning “however, still.”

Synonyms

cependant toutefois néanmoins pourtant en revanche d'autant plus quand même

Antonyms

et sans déjà ainsi en conséquence