Selfsame — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

being the exact same one; not any other:

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛlfseɪm/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛlfseɪm/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛlfseɪm/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈɛlfseɪm/.

Examples

this is the identical room we stayed in before
the themes of his stories are one and the same
saw the selfsame quotation in two newspapers

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

identical very

Parts of Speech

adjective

being the exact same one; not any other:

“this is the identical room we stayed in before”

Word Forms

identity	noun	exact sameness
identicalness	noun	exact sameness
selfsameness	noun	the quality of being identical with itself

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

dasselbe

genau das Gleiche sein; kein anderer:

🇫🇷French

même

étant exactement le même; pas un autre :

🇪🇸Spanish

mismo

siendo exactamente el mismo; ningún otro:

🇮🇹Italian

stesso

essere esattamente lo stesso; nessun altro:

🇳🇱Dutch

hetzelfde

exact dezelfde zijn; geen andere:

🇵🇹Portuguese

mesmo

sendo exatamente o mesmo; nenhum outro:

🇷🇺Russian

тот же самый

быть точно таким же; не какой-нибудь другой:

India

🇮🇳Hindi

वही

बिल्कुल वैसा ही होना; कोई अन्य नहीं:

🇧🇩Bengali

নিজে একই

হচ্ছে ঠিক একই এক; অন্য কোন না:

🇮🇳Tamil

சுயமாக

சரியான ஒன்றாக இருப்பது; வேறு எதுவும் இல்லை:

🇮🇳Telugu

అదే

సరిగ్గా అదే ఒకటిగా ఉండటం; మరేదైనా కాదు:

🇮🇳Marathi

स्वत: सारखे

तंतोतंत समान असणे; इतर कोणतेही नाही:

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્વયં સમાન

ચોક્કસ સમાન હોવા; અન્ય કોઈ નહીં:

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅದೇ

ನಿಖರವಾಗಿ ಒಂದೇ ಆಗಿರುವುದು; ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವುದೂ ಅಲ್ಲ:

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്വയം

കൃത്യം ഒന്നുതന്നെ; മറ്റൊന്നുമല്ല:

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਹੀ

ਬਿਲਕੁਲ ਉਹੀ ਹੋਣਾ; ਕੋਈ ਹੋਰ ਨਹੀਂ:

🇵🇰Urdu

خود ایک جیسا

بالکل وہی ہونا؛ کوئی اور نہیں:

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

相同的

完全相同；没有其他：

🇯🇵Japanese

自分と同じ

全く同じものであること。他ではありません:

🇰🇷Korean

꼭 같은

완전 똑같은데; 다른 것은 아닙니다:

🇻🇳Vietnamese

giống nhau

giống hệt nhau; không phải cái nào khác:

🇹🇭Thai

เหมือนกัน

เป็นอันเดียวกันทุกประการ ไม่ใช่อย่างอื่น:

🇮🇩Indonesian

sama sendiri

menjadi orang yang sama persis; bukan yang lain:

🇵🇭Filipino

pareho

pagiging eksaktong pareho; wala ng iba:

🇲🇾Malay

sama sendiri

menjadi satu yang sama; bukan yang lain:

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عينه

كونها هي نفسها بالضبط؛ ليس أي شيء آخر:

🇮🇷Persian

خود همان

دقیقاً یکسان بودن؛ نه هیچ دیگری:

🇹🇷Turkish

aynı

tamamen aynı olmak; başkası değil:

🇮🇱Hebrew

אותו דבר

להיות אותו אחד בדיוק; לא אף אחד אחר:

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