malgré
Sentences
Malgré les différences , une histoire d'amour passionnée naît .
Despite the differences, a passionate love story is born.
Meaning
- despite, in spite of
- against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest
Concepts
maugre
at great pains
tho’
with trouble
Synonyms
malgré le fait que
au dessous de
des fois
quelques fois
au dessus de
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mal.ɡʁe/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle French maugré (literally “bad will”), with etymological restoration of the l, from Old French malgré, from mal + gré. Cognate with Italian malgrado and Catalan malgrat.
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