mégsem

Hungarian

Alternative forms
  • mégse (informal)

Etymology

még +‎ sem

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈmeːkʃɛm]
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  • Hyphenation: még‧sem
  • Rhymes: -ɛm

Conjunction

mégsem

  1. yet, still, but, however, nevertheless, all the same, notwithstanding, after all (all followed by negation in English; introducing a negative statement in contrast with an affirmative antecedent; the opposite of mégis)
    Synonyms: de, azonban, viszont, csakhogy, ugyanakkor (quasi-synonyms; as opposed to mégsem, these conjunctions need to be followed by a negative particle such as nem to express negation)
    Mégsem tettek semmit. ― Yet they did nothing.
  2. (software) cancel, undo (as an instruction; its literal meaning can be derived from mégsem ezt szeretném “and yet I do not want that”)
    a Mégsem gomb ― the Cancel button
  • mégis (introducing a positive statement in contrast with a negative antecedent)

Further reading
  • mégsem in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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