Definitions For Although

Conjunction

though, though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: : but, but, except. :

Usage notes

When conjunctions, the words “although” and “though” are generally interchangeable: : Although she smiled, she was angry. = Though she smiled, she was angry. “Although” is usually placed at the beginning of its clause, whereas “though” may occur elsewhere and is the more common term when used to link words or phrases (as in “wiser though poorer”). In certain constructions, only “though” is acceptable: : Fond though I am of sports, I’d rather not sit through another basketball game.

Synonyms

in spite of notwithstanding (that), even if, albeit (that), even though; see also thesaurus:even though

Related terms

though even though

Translations

Arabic: رَغْم أَنَّ, مَعَ أَنَّ, وَلَوْ Armenian: չնայած Azerbaijani: halbuki, baxmayaraq ki Bashkir: ҡарамаҫтан Belarusian: хоць, хаця́ Bulgarian: макар че, въпреки че, при все че Catalan: tot i que, malgrat que, encara que Chichewa: ngakhale Chinese: : Cantonese: 雖然, sc=Hani, 虽然 (seoi1 jin4, sc=Hani), 儘管, sc=Hani, 雖說, sc=Hani, 虽说, tr=suīshuō, sc=Hani : Min Nan: 雖然, sc=Hani, 虽然 (sui-jiân, sui-liân, sc=Hani), 雖罔, sc=Hani, , obgleich Greek: αν και : Ancient: καίπερ, sc=polytonic Hebrew: למרות ש־ (lamrót she-), אף על פי ש־ (af al pi she-) Hindi: अपी, sc=Deva, हालाँकि, sc=Deva, अगरचे, sc=Deva Hungarian: bár, noha, habár, jóllehet, ámbár Icelandic: þó að, enda þótt Ido: quankam Indonesian: walau, walaupun, meski, meskipun Interlingua: ben que Interlingue: benque, etsi Irish: cé go Italian: sebbene, benché (both always followed by the subjunctive) Japanese: のに, alt=...のに (...noni), だけれども, alt=...だけれども (...da keredomo) Javanese: senajan, sanadyan, masiya, puluh Kabuverdianu: enbóra Khmer: ទោះបីជា (tʊəh bəy cie), បើទោះបីជា (baə tʊəh bəy cie), សូម្បី (soombəy) Korean: 하지만, 지만 Kurdish: : Sorani: ئەگەرچی Latin: quamquam Macedonian: иако, и покрај тоа, sc=Cyrl Malay: walau, walaupun, meskipun Maori: ahakoa Mongolian: Navajo: azhą́...ndi Norwegian: : Bokmål: selv om : Nynorsk: sjølv om Persian: اگرچه, tr=agarče, sc=fa-Arab Polish: choć, chociaż, mimo że, aczkolwiek, lubo , acz Portuguese: embora, conquanto, apesar de Romanian: deși, cu toate că Russian: хотя́, несмотря́ на то́, что, хоть и, хоть Scots: awtho, altho Serbo-Croatian: iako, premda, mada, makar Slovak: hoci, aj keď Slovene: čeprav, četudi Spanish: aunque, a pesar de Swahili: ingawa Swedish: fastän, trots att, ehuru Talysh: Thai: แม้, ถึงจะ, ทั้งที่, ถึงแม้, ทั้ง ๆ Turkish: rağmen Ukrainian: хоча́, хоч, не дивлячи́сь на те, що Vietnamese: dù, mặc dù, dầu Yiddish: הגם (hagam), כאָטש Catalan: tot i que, malgrat que Chinese: : Mandarin: 但是, tr=dànshì, sc=Hani, 可是, tr=kěshì, sc=Hani, 不過, sc=Hani, 不过, tr=bùguò, sc=Hani, 然而, tr=rán'ér, sc=Hani Dutch: hoewel, maar Esperanto: tamen Finnish: paitsi French: mais Galician: inanque, aínda que, maxer, macar, decasí, porén, malia, embora, orasme, decontra, emporiso, noustante Georgian: თუმცა, sc=Geor German: trotzdem Greek: παρά, ωστόσο, παρ' όλ' αυτά, μολαταύτα, εντούτοις Hebrew: אבל, tr=avál, אלא (éla) Hungarian: de, viszont, azonban, ám, ugyanakkor Ido: tamen Indonesian: tapi, tetapi Japanese: しかし, tr=shikashi, でも, tr=demo Kurdish: : Sorani: بەڵام, sc=ku-Arab Malay: tetapi Old English: ac Persian: هرچند, tr=harčand, sc=fa-Arab Polish: jednakże Portuguese: embora, apesar de Romanian: insa Russian: одна́ко, хотя́ Spanish: aunque Swedish: men Vietnamese: nhưng, nhưng mà, dưng cơ, dưng cơ mà Esperanto: Ido: , Interlingua: Japanese: , , , ,

Alternative forms

altho altho' allthough

Etymology

From Middle English althagh, , from compound of eall, , all (emphatic) + þēah, , though