even though

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈiːvən ðəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈivən ðoʊ/

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Conjunction

even though

1. Although; though; despite or in spite of the fact that.

   She left him even though she still loved him.

   • 1972 March 14, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather, spoken by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando), Paramount Pictures:

     I can't remember the last time that you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee even though my wife is godmother to your only child.

2. (archaic) Even if.
   • 1903, Howard Pyle, The Story of King Arthur and His Knights:

     As it is, I would defend her honor even though I died in that defence.

Usage notes

• Even though is almost identical in meaning with plain though or although; the main difference is that even though is more emphatic, putting stronger emphasis on the contrast between the two clauses it connects.
• Unlike plain though, even though generally only connects clauses; one can typically hear constructions such as, “He is friendly, though quiet”, while “He was friendly, even though quiet” is quite rare.

Synonyms

• (in spite of the fact that): albeit, much as; see also Thesaurus:even though

Translations

although

Albanian: edhe pse, megjithëse (sq) Arabic: بِالرَغْم مِن (bi-r-raḡm min) Armenian: չնայած որ (čʻnayac or), չնայած (hy) (čʻnayac) Azerbaijani: -sa da, -sa belə, isə də, isə belə, baxmayaraq ki, hərçənd Bulgarian: въпреки че (vǎpreki če), макар че (makar če) Chinese: Mandarin: 即使 (zh) (jíshǐ), 儘管 / 尽管 (zh) (jǐnguǎn) Czech: i když (cs) Danish: selvom (da), selv om, skønt Dutch: ook al (nl), ondanks (nl) dat (nl), hoewel (nl) Esperanto: malgraŭ (eo) ke (eo) Finnish: vaikka (fi), joskin (fi) French: bien que (fr), quoique (fr), alors même que, quand bien même (fr) Galician: aínda que Georgian: მიუხედავად ამისა (miuxedavad amisa), თუმცა (tumca) German: obwohl (de) Greek: παρ’ όλο (el) n (par’ ólo) Hebrew: אפילו (he) (afilu), על אף (al af) Hindi: यद्यपि (hi) (yadyapi) Hungarian: noha (hu), jóllehet (hu), pedig (hu) Icelandic: jafnvel þó Ido: mem ke, quankam (io) Ingrian: vaikko, hot i Interlingua: mesmo si (ia) Irish: cé go, má Italian: nonostante (it), benché (it), anche se (it) Japanese: 雖も (ja) (iedomo), ...のに (ja) (...no ni) Javanese: sanadyan (jv), senajan, masiya (jv) Khmer: ទោះបីជា (tʊəh bəy cie), ទាំង (km) (teaŋ), ទោះ (km) (tʊəh), នាបី (km) (niebəy), ផង (km) (pʰɑɑŋ), ថ្វីបើ (tvəy baə), ពិតមែន (pɨt mɛɛn) Korean: please add this translation if you can Latin: tamenetsī Latvian: kaut arī Macedonian: иако (iako), и покрај тоа што (i pokraj toa što), макар што (makar što), без разлика што (bez razlika što) Mongolian: гэсэн ч гэсэн (gesen č gesen) Navajo: ndi Norwegian: Bokmål: selv om (no) Nynorsk: sjølv om Ojibwe: aanawi Persian: با این که Polish: chociaż (pl), mimo że (pl), wprawdzie (pl) Portuguese: apesar de que (pt), mesmo se, ainda que Romanian: chiar dacă (ro), deși (ro) Russian: хотя́ (ru) (xotjá) Serbo-Croatian: iako (sh), mada, premda (sh) Sinhalese: එසේ නමුදු (esē namudu) Slovene: čeprav (sl), kljub temu da Spanish: aun si, aunque (es), a pesar de (es), maguer (es) (archaic), por más que (es), si bien (es), bien que, aun cuando Swedish: fastän (sv), även om (sv) Tamil: இருப்பினும் (ta) (iruppiṉum) Thai: แม้ว่า (th) (mɛ́ɛ-wâa) Turkish: rağmen (tr) Vietnamese: dù (vi), mặc dù (vi), dẫu (vi)