despite

Etymology 1
The noun is from, , from , from , from.

The preposition is from, from the phrase.

Preposition

 * 1) In spite of, notwithstanding.

Usage notes
The terms, , and are archaic, nonstandard, or almost universally considered incorrect.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:despite

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: رَغْمَ, رغم,
 * Moroccan Arabic: واخا, وخا
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: baxmayaraq, rəğmən
 * Bashkir: ҡарамаҫтан
 * Basque: gora-behera ere
 * Belarusian: нягле́дзячы на, насу́перак
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, tot i que, , tot i
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , ,
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish: på trods af, trods
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, spite al,
 * Estonian: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: malia
 * Georgian: მიუხედავად
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κατά
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: के बावजूद
 * Hungarian:, annak ellenére, hogy…, , dacára, hogy…
 * Icelandic: þrátt fyrir
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish: in ainneoin, d'ainneoin, ainneoin
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: -에-도 불구하고
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: par spīti
 * Lithuanian: nepaisant
 * Macedonian: и покрај
 * Malay:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: til tross for
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: въпрѣкꙑ
 * Persian:, به‌رغم,
 * Polish:, , , naprzekór
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian: în ciuda, cu toate că
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aindeoin
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: у̏спркос, у̏пркос, уна́точ
 * Roman:, , unátoč
 * Slovak: napriek, navzdor, proti
 * Slovene: kljub
 * Spanish:, , , ,
 * Swahili: licha ya
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: бо вуҷуди
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: незважа́ючи на, всу́переч,
 * Urdu: باوُجُود, کے باوُجُود
 * Vietnamese:, không kể,
 * Walloon:

Noun

 * 1)  Disdain, contemptuous feelings, hatred.
 * 2) * c. 1515–1516, published 1568,, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:
 * A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel; Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write, Of fals double tunges in the diſpite.
 * 1)  Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
 * 2) Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
 * 1)  Action or behaviour displaying such feelings; an outrage, insult.
 * 2) Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
 * 1) Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.
 * 1) Evil feeling; malice, spite, annoyance.

Etymology 2
From, , , , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To vex; to annoy; to offend contemptuously.