Albeit

Etymology

 * , completely though it be, from al (completely) + be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been to be) + it.

Conjunction
albeit (plural albethey)


 * 1) Despite its being; although.
 * He has a very good idea, albeit a strange one.

Quotations

 * 2001: Eoin Colfer, 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: E llen Marrus, Houston Chronicle: U NKNOWN ARTICLE , 17th day of June edition
 * There’s an easy, albeit expensive, way to fix the national crisis in forensic crime labs.

Thesaurus
after all; again; all the same; although; at all events; at any rate; but; even; even so; for all that; howbeit; however; in any case; in any event; just the same; nevertheless; nonetheless; notwithstanding; rather; still; though; when; whereas; while; yet

Translations

 * Bosnian:, , ,
 * Bulgarian:, макар и
 * Catalan: encara que, tanmateix, però
 * Chinese: ,
 * Croatian:, , ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: omend, selv om
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:, vaikkakin
 * French: ,
 * German:, ,
 * Gujarati: (parantu, tem cha ta)
 * Hindi: (kintu, parantu)
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: Japanese


 * Latin: etsi
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:, هرچند
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, mesmo que
 * Romanian: totuşi,
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:, , ,
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:, , si bien
 * Swedish:, ehuru
 * Turkish: her ne kadar,, gerçi, ise de

Anagrams

 * albite