malgré
See also: malgre
French
Etymology
From Middle French maugré, from mal + gré, literally bad will, with etymological restoration of the l. Cognate with Italian malgrado.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mal.ɡʁe/
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Preposition
malgré
- despite, in spite of.
- (with a pronoun) against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest
Derived terms
Further reading
- “malgré” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Noun
malgré f (oblique plural malgrez, nominative singular malgré, nominative plural malgrez)
Descendants
- English: maugre (borrowed)
References
- malgré on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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