English Explanatory Dictionary

although

English dictionary entry

Meanings

conj

Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
But, except.

Pronunciation

ôl-thōʹ /ɔːlˈðəʊ/ /ɔlˈðoʊ/ /ɑlˈðoʊ/ en-us-although.ogg

Word forms

although altho altho' allthough

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-West Germanic *all Old English eall Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah Old English Middle English althagh English although From Middle English althagh, from Old English compound of eall (“all (emphatic)”) + þēah (“though”). By surface analysis, al(l) + though.

Synonyms

Related words

though even though

Translations

Catalan: tot i que Catalan: malgrat que Chinese Mandarin: 但是 Chinese Mandarin: 可是 Chinese Mandarin: 不過 /不过 Chinese Mandarin: 然而 Dutch: hoewel Dutch: maar Esperanto: tamen Finnish: paitsi French: mais Galician: inanque Galician: aínda que Galician: maxer Galician: macar Galician: decasí Galician: porén Galician: malia Galician: embora Galician: orasme Galician: decontra Galician: emporiso Galician: noustante Georgian: თუმცა German: trotzdem Greek: παρά Greek: ωστόσο Greek: παρ’ όλ’ αυτά Greek: μολαταύτα Greek: εντούτοις Hebrew: אֲבָל Hebrew: אֶלָּא Hungarian: de Hungarian: viszont Hungarian: azonban Hungarian: ám Hungarian: ugyanakkor Ido: tamen Indonesian: tapi Indonesian: tetapi Japanese: しかし Japanese: でも Central Kurdish: بەڵام Malay: tetapi Old English: ac Iranian Persian: هَرْچَنْد Polish: jednakże Portuguese: embora Portuguese: apesar de Romanian: însă Russian: одна́ко Russian: хотя́ Spanish: aunque Swedish: men Turkish: gerçi Urdu: لیکِن Urdu: مَگَر Vietnamese: nhưng Vietnamese: nhưng mà Vietnamese: dưng cơ Vietnamese: dưng cơ mà

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