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non mais

French, interjection/nɔ̃ mɛ/

non mais is a French interjection meaning “honestly! well, really! do you mind! (used to express indignation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exprime l’incrédulité devant une situation ou un constat surprenant”.

What does non mais mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    informalhonestly! well, really! do you mind! (used to express indignation)

    non mais oh !

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

interjection: 1. Exprime l’incrédulité devant une situation ou un constat surprenant.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

How do you pronounce non mais?

  • /nɔ̃ mɛ/
  • \nɔ̃ mɛ\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.