"giammai" meaning in Italian

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Adverb

IPA: /d͡ʒamˈmaj/
Rhymes: -aj Etymology: Equivalent to già + mai. Compare French jamais, Spanish jamás and Portuguese jamais. Etymology templates: {{af|it|già|mai}} già + mai, {{cog|fr|jamais}} French jamais, {{cog|es|jamás}} Spanish jamás, {{cog|pt|jamais}} Portuguese jamais Head templates: {{it-adv}} giammai
  1. never Tags: literary Synonyms: mai
    Sense id: en-giammai-it-adv-ZJfks9e-
  2. (obsolete) sometimes, at times Tags: literary, obsolete Synonyms: qualche volta
    Sense id: en-giammai-it-adv-ynMyGv7o Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: già mai

Download JSON data for giammai meaning in Italian (2.6kB)

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          "english": "And they went on for more than two years, each of them probably fostering their own reluctances. \"I don't want anything to do with that one\". \"I'll never trust that other one\".",
          "ref": "2020 September, Antonio Pennacchi, “Capitolo terzo [Third Chapter]”, in La strada del mare (overall work in Italian, Venetian, English, and French), Milan: Mondadori Libri S.p.A., page 478",
          "text": "E sono andati avanti per più di due anni […] a coltivare probabilmente ognuno le proprie resistenze: «Ah, io con quello non ci voglio avere a che fare». «Io di quell’altro non mi fiderò giammai».",
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          "english": "What I have sometimes suffered because of love, and what I yet have to suffer until my heart is healed by she, enemy of mercy, who bit it and yet entices it, will be avenged",
          "ref": "1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Verdi panni, sanguigni, oscuri o persi”, in Il Canzoniere, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 59",
          "text": "Di quanto per amor giammai soffersiEd aggio a soffrir ancoFin che mi sani 'l cor colei che 'l morse,Rubella di mercè, che pur l'envoglia,Vendetta fia […]",
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          "ref": "2020 September, Antonio Pennacchi, “Capitolo terzo [Third Chapter]”, in La strada del mare (overall work in Italian, Venetian, English, and French), Milan: Mondadori Libri S.p.A., page 478",
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          "text": "Di quanto per amor giammai soffersiEd aggio a soffrir ancoFin che mi sani 'l cor colei che 'l morse,Rubella di mercè, che pur l'envoglia,Vendetta fia […]",
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