malgré

Meaning

  1. despite, in spite of
  2. against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/mal.ɡʁe/
Etymology

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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