"albeit" meaning in English

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Conjunction

IPA: /ɔːlˈbiː.ɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɔlˈbi.ət/ [General-American], /ɑlˈbi.ɪt/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-albeit.ogg [General-American]
Etymology: From the Middle English expression al be it (that), itself shortened from althagh it be that (“although it be that”), and thus composed from al (“completely, entirely”) + be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been (“to be”)) + it. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m|enm|al be it (that)}} al be it (that), {{m|enm|althagh it be that|t=although it be that}} althagh it be that (“although it be that”), {{m|enm|been|t=to be}} been (“to be”), {{com|enm|al|be|it|nocat=1|pos2=3rd person singular present subjunctive of <i class="Latn mention" lang="enm">been</i> (“to be”)|t1=completely, entirely}} al (“completely, entirely”) + be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been (“to be”)) + it Head templates: {{head|en|conjunction}} albeit
  1. Although, despite (it) being. Synonyms: as much as, though, even though, albe, albethey Related terms: howbeit, sobeit Translations (although; despite (it) being): ⁧وَلَو⁩ (walaw) (Arabic), мака́р (makár) (Bulgarian), мака́р и (makár i) (Bulgarian), encara que (Catalan), tanmateix (Catalan), però (Catalan), 雖然 (Chinese Mandarin), 虽然 (suīrán) (Chinese Mandarin), třebaže (Czech), omend (Danish), selv om (Danish), alhoewel (Dutch), hoewel (Dutch), ofschoon (Dutch), kvankam (Esperanto), vaikka (Finnish), vaikkakin (Finnish), joskin (Finnish), bien que (French), quoique (French), inanque (Galician), aínda que (Galician), maxer (Galician), macar (Galician), decasí (Galician), porén (Galician), malia (Galician), embora (Galician), orasme (Galician), decontra (Galician), emporiso (Galician), noustante (Galician), wenn auch (German), wenngleich (German), obgleich (German), obschon (German), καίτοι (kaítoi) (Greek), μολονότι (molonóti) (Greek), જોકે (joke) (Gujarati), પરંતુ (parantu) (Gujarati), તેમ છતાં (tem chatā̃) (Gujarati), ⁧אַף כִּי⁩ (af ki) (Hebrew), ⁧אַף עַל פִּי⁩ (af al pi) (Hebrew), किन्तु (kintu) (Hindi), परन्तु (parantu) (Hindi), quankam (Ido), benché (Italian), とはいえ (to wa ie) (Japanese), ではあるが (de wa aru ga) (Japanese), etsi (Latin), nors ir (Lithuanian), и́ако (íako) (Macedonian), се́пак (sépak) (Macedonian), selv om (Norwegian), om enn (Norwegian), malgrat (Occitan), tot ben que (Occitan), encara que (Occitan), ⁧اگرچه⁩ (agarče) (Persian), ⁧هرچند⁩ (harčand) (Persian), chociaż (Polish), acz (Polish), aczkolwiek (Polish), se bem que (Portuguese), mesmo que (Portuguese), ainda que (Portuguese), totuși (Romanian), dar (Romanian), хотя́ (xotjá) (Russian), иако [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мада [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), премда [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), чак и ако [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), iako [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), mada [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), premda [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), čak i ako [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), aj keď (Slovak), četudi (Slovene), čeprav (Slovene), aunque (Spanish), no obstante (Spanish), si bien (Spanish), om än (Swedish), her ne kadar (Turkish), yine (Turkish), gerçi (Turkish), ise de (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-albeit-en-conj-ISnDSbRv Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English_univerbations

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  "pos": "conj",
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      "word": "sobeit"
    }
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        "English conjunctions",
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "English_univerbations"
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          "ref": "2001, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl, page 92",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "17 June 2007, Ellen Marrus, Houston Chronicle",
          "text": "There’s an easy, albeit expensive, way to fix the national crisis in forensic crime labs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "24 September 2011, Ben Dirs, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 67 – 3 Romania”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Up front, skipper and open-side Lewis Moody looked almost back to full fitness, while England's set-piece was barely troubled, albeit against a Romania side showing 11 changes from that beaten by Argentina earlier in the week.",
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        }
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        "Although, despite (it) being."
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          "Although",
          "although"
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          "despite"
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          "word": "as much as"
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        {
          "word": "though"
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        {
          "word": "even though"
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ɔlˈbi.ət/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "/ɑlˈbi.ɪt/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "word": "albe"
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    {
      "word": "albethey"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "walaw",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "⁧وَلَو⁩"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "makár",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "мака́р"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "makár i",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "мака́р и"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "encara que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "tanmateix"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "però"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "雖然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "suīrán",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "虽然"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "třebaže"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "omend"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "selv om"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "alhoewel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "hoewel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "ofschoon"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "kvankam"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "vaikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "vaikkakin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "joskin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "bien que"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "quoique"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "inanque"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "aínda que"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "maxer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "macar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "decasí"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "porén"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "malia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "embora"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "orasme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "decontra"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "emporiso"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "noustante"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "wenn auch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "wenngleich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "obgleich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "obschon"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kaítoi",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "καίτοι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "molonóti",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "μολονότι"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "joke",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "જોકે"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "parantu",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "પરંતુ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "tem chatā̃",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "તેમ છતાં"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "af ki",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "⁧אַף כִּי⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "af al pi",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "⁧אַף עַל פִּי⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "kintu",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "किन्तु"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "parantu",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "परन्तु"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "quankam"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "benché"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "to wa ie",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "とはいえ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "de wa aru ga",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "ではあるが"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "etsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "nors ir"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "íako",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "и́ако"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sépak",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "се́пак"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "selv om"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "om enn"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "malgrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "tot ben que"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "encara que"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "agarče",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "⁧اگرچه⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "harčand",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "⁧هرچند⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "chociaż"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "acz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "aczkolwiek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "se bem que"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "mesmo que"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "ainda que"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "totuși"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "dar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xotjá",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "хотя́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "иако"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мада"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "премда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "чак и ако"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "iako"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "mada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "premda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "čak i ako"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "aj keď"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "četudi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "čeprav"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "aunque"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "no obstante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "si bien"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "om än"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "her ne kadar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "yine"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "gerçi"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "although; despite (it) being",
      "word": "ise de"
    }
  ],
  "word": "albeit"
}

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