Complete Definition of "albeit"

English

Etymology
Contraction of term|al be it||even if it be so that|lang=en.

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/��l�bi.ɪt/
audio|en-us-albeit.ogg|Audio (US)

Conjunction
albeit (plural albethey)

  1. Despite its being; although.

#: He has a very good idea, albeit a strange one.

Quotations

  1. Despite its being; although.

#* 2001: w:Eoin Colfer|Eoin Colfer, w:Artemis Fowl (novel)|Artemis Fowl, p92
#*: The stranger had crossed a sacred line. He had mentioned the men�s mothers. Nothing could get him out of a beating now, even the fact that he was obviously a simpleton. Albeit a simpleton with a good vocabulary.
#* 2007: U<small>NKNOWN AUTHOR</small>, <i>Houston Chronicle: U<small>NKNOWN ARTICLE</small></i>, 17<sup>th</sup> day of June edition
#*: There�s an easy, albeit expensive, way to fix the national crisis in forensic crime labs.

Translations
trans-top|Despite its being; although
Bosnian: t-|bs|iako, t-|bs|mada, t-|bs|premda, t-|bs|�ak i ako
Chinese: t-|cmn|��|scHani|xsMandarin, t-|cmn|��|trsuīrán|scHani|xs=Mandarin
Croatian: t-|hr|iako, t-|hr|mada, t-|hr|premda, t-|hr|�ak i ako
Dutch: t+|nl|alhoewel
Finnish: t+|fi|vaikka, t|fi|vaikkakin
French: t+|fr|bien que, t+|fr|quoique
German: t|de|wenngleich
Gujarati: (parantu, tem cha ta)
Hindi: (kintu, parantu)
Italian: t+|it|benché
Persian: t|fa|اگر��|tragarchi|scfa-Arab|xsPersian, t|fa|�ر��د|trharchand|scfa-Arab|xsPersian
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Polish: t|pl|chociaż
Portuguese: t|pt|se bem que
Norwegian: t-|no|dog
Romanian: t|ro|totusi, t+|ro|dar
Russian: t+|ru|�о��|trxotjá|scCyrl
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: t|sr|иако|scCyrl, t-|sr|мада|scCyrl, t|sr|п�емда|scCyrl, t|sr|�ак и ако|scCyrl
:Roman: t-|sr|iako, t-|sr|mada, t-|sr|premda, t-|sr|�ak i ako
Spanish: t+|es|aunque, t-|es|no obstante
Swedish: t+|sv|dock
Turkish: t|tr|her ne kadar, t|tr|yine, t|tr|gerçi, t|tr|ise de
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Category:English conjunctions

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