mégis

See also: megis

Hungarian

Etymology

még +‎ is

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmeːɡiʃ]

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• Hyphenation: még‧is
• Rhymes: -iʃ

Conjunction

mégis

1. yet, still, but, however, nevertheless, all the same, notwithstanding, after all (introducing a positive statement in contrast with a negative antecedent; the opposite of mégsem)

   Synonym: mégiscsak (emphatic form)

   Synonyms: de, azonban, viszont, csakhogy, ugyanakkor (quasi-synonyms)

   Kifizette az adósságát, mégis megverték. ― He paid his debt, nevertheless, he was beaten.

   Mégis busszal kell mennünk, mert a kocsi összetört. ― We still need to go by bus, as the car got broken. (also applicable when returning to a previous idea that has been rejected)

   Mégis meg lehet javítani. ― It can be repaired, after all. (unlike it was previously thought, although it had been possibly hoped that it could be repaired)

2. (software) redo (as an instruction; its literal meaning can be derived from mégis ezt szeretném “and yet I do want that”; “and yet this is what I want”)

Derived terms

Compound words

• mégiscsak

 

Related terms

• mégsem, (colloquial) mégse (introducing a negative statement in contrast with an affirmative antecedent)

Further reading

• mégis 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