"malgré" meaning in French

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Preposition

IPA: /mal.ɡʁe/ Audio: Fr-malgré.ogg
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French maugré (literally “bad will”), from mal + gré, with etymological restoration of the l. Cognate with Italian malgrado and Catalan malgrat. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|maugré|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=bad will|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French maugré (literally “bad will”), {{inh+|fr|frm|maugré|lit=bad will}} Inherited from Middle French maugré (literally “bad will”), {{m|frm|mal}} mal, {{m|frm|gré}} gré, {{m|fr||l}} l, {{cog|it|malgrado}} Italian malgrado, {{cog|ca|malgrat}} Catalan malgrat Head templates: {{fr-prep}} malgré
  1. despite, in spite of
    Sense id: en-malgré-fr-prep-fl8qJDZU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French prepositions, Old French entries with incorrect language header, Old French prepositions Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of French prepositions: 60 40 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 43 1 14 43 Disambiguation of Old French prepositions: 47 2 12 40
  2. (with a pronoun) against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest
    Sense id: en-malgré-fr-prep-srWchB4y
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: malgré que, malgré tout, malgré-nous

Download JSON data for malgré meaning in French (3.1kB)

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