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(15th century)
is not an archaism, despite its sound and its formation on a subjunctive verb (all be it that); the shorter form albe, attested from about the same date, is now obsolete. Use with a that-clause was early suppressed (Chaucer) and is now largely redundant, although it is sometimes found in print. Hence it often behaves more like an adverb than a conjunction. It has an archaic ring and is often used as a quasi-archaism:

It is an unwelcome, albeit necessary, restraint—A. Storr, 1972

Some physical contact, albeit simply a touch, was needed—R. Stone, 2002.

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IN BRIEF: Even so; although.

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

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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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