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mais oui, int.
Brit. |meɪ ˈwi|, U.S. |meɪ ˈwi|
[‹ French mais oui, lit. ‘but yes’ > adv.) + oui oui int.]
Chiefly in representations of the English of a French speaker: yes, of course, indeed, certainly.
1786J. Johnstone Disbanded Officer iv. vii. 53 Ah, mon Dieu! I not right; (looking about) Madame, I beg one million of pardon; I—mais oui, dis is son apartement. 1795J. J. C. Timaeus tr. F. Schiller Cabal & Love iii. ii. 56 Mais oui—any thing—tell me only what I should do. 1865Catholic World Apr. 24/1 Madame wished to visit the tomb of the sainted Curé?—mais oui. It was the easiest thing in the world. 1881Times 7 Sept. 5/1 When you ask a Honfleurais whether he is not pleased to see M. Gambetta in his town, he replies, ‘Mais oui, mais oui; but that won't make business any brisker.’ 1919W. S. Maugham Moon & Sixpence (1941) 274 ‘Destroyed?’ I cried. ‘Mais oui; did you not know?’ 2000Guardian 17 Mar. ii. 8/1 A designer emporium that sells nothing but perfume? Mais oui: behind the plain-looking Paris shopfront on the right lies heaven for scentophiles. |