de même que

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /də mɛm kə/
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Conjunction

de même que

  1. just like, in the same way as, so too does
    Synonyms: ainsi que, au même titre que
    • 1933, Henri Gaussen, Géographie des Plants, Armand Colin, page 25:
      Notons tout de suite que, de même que les diverses plantes n’ont pas le même pouvoir colonisateur, de même elles réagissent différemment devant les obstacles.
      Let us take note that just as different plants do not have the same colonizing power, so too do they react differently when faced with obstacles.
  2. as well as, as does
    Le président a refusé de commenter, de même que son porte-parole.
    The president declined to comment, as did his press secretary.

Usage notes

Can be used in isolation, as in the example in the second definition above, or in the repeated construction de même que… de même… with subjects in between as in the quotation for the first definition above.