"mightn’t" meaning in Anglais

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Verb

IPA: \ˈmaɪt.n̩t\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-mightn't.wav Forms: may [affirmative, present], mayn't [negative, present], might [affirmative, preterite]
  1. Négation de l’auxiliaire might, contraction de “might not” : « Ne fera peut-être pas ». Form of: might
    Sense id: fr-mightn’t-en-verb-f2UdLK8w Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: not, might n’t [obsolete] Related terms: -n’t
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          "ref": "Stephen Fry, Mythos, Penguin Books, 2018, p. 219",
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    },
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      "word": "not"
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      "word": "might n’t"
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