See albeit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"lang_code": "no",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "om enn"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "malgrat"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "tot ben que"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"lang_code": "oc",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "encara que"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "agarče",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "اگرچه"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"lang_code": "fa",
"roman": "harčand",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "هرچند"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "chociaż"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "acz"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"lang_code": "pl",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "aczkolwiek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "se bem que"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "mesmo que"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "ainda que"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "totuși"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"lang_code": "ro",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "dar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "xotjá",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "хотя́"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "иако"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "мада"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "премда"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "чак и ако"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "iako"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "mada"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "premda"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"lang_code": "sh",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"tags": [
"Latin"
],
"word": "čak i ako"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"lang_code": "sk",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "aj keď"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "četudi"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"lang_code": "sl",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "čeprav"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "no obstante"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "si bien"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "bien que"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "aun cuando"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "om än"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "her ne kadar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "yine"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "gerçi"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"lang_code": "tr",
"sense": "although; despite (it) being — see also although, but",
"word": "ise de"
}
],
"word": "albeit"
}
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