albeit

(ôl-bē'ĭt, ăl-)
conj.
Even though; although; notwithstanding: clear albeit cold weather.

[Middle English al be it : al, even if; see all + be, subjunctive of ben, to be; see be + it, it; see it.]

(al-BEE-it)
conjunction
Even though; although.

Etymology
From Middle English al be it (all though it be).]

Usage
"Demonstrations, albeit more peaceful ones, continued yesterday, with a few hundred students staging a sit-down protest." — Ho Ai Li; A Step Forward; The Straits Times (Singapore); Nov 8, 2008

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IN BRIEF: Even so; although.

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. — Albert Einstein

Common misspelling(s) of albeit

• albiet

Dansk (Danish)
conj. - skønt, om end, omendskønt, uagtet, ihvorvel

Nederlands (Dutch)
ofschoon

Français (French)
conj. - bien que, emcore que

Deutsch (German)
conj. - obwohl, obgleich

Ελληνική (Greek)
conj. - μολονότι, αν και

Italiano (Italian)
quantunque, per quanto, benché

Português (Portuguese)
conj. - embora, ainda que, apesar de, não obstante

Русский (Russian)
даже, хотя, тем не менее

Español (Spanish)
conj. - aunque, mientras que, a pesar de que, bien que, no obstante que, pese a que

Svenska (Swedish)
conj. - om än, låt vara

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
尽管, 虽然

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
conj. - 儘管, 雖然

한국어 (Korean)
conj. - ~이라고 하더라도

日本語 (Japanese)
conj. - たとえ…でも

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف عطف) ولو, وإن يكن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
conj. - ‮אף-על-פי ש-‬

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