"quand même" meaning in French

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Adverb

IPA: /kɑ̃ mɛm/ Audio: Fr-quand même.ogg
Head templates: {{fr-adv}} quand même
  1. anyway, anyhow, just the same, all the same, regardless
    Sense id: en-quand_même-fr-adv-tQ29eGNM Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French intensifiers Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of French intensifiers: 64 36
  2. (colloquial, serves as an intensifier) really; extremely; seriously; still Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-quand_même-fr-adv-FkgL28w-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tout de même, comme même [misconstruction]

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for quand même meaning in French (2.7kB)

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