though

Etymology
From, , from , later superseded in many dialects by , , from (later ); both from , from , suffixed with  &lt;.

Akin to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. More at that.

Adverb

 * 1)  Despite that; however.
 * 2)  ; indeed.
 * 1)  ; indeed.
 * 1)  ; indeed.

Synonyms

 * ,, , , , , , , ; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, , malgrat això, malgrat tot
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Georgian: მაინც
 * German:, ,
 * Greek:, παρά ταύτα,
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Indonesian: bagaimanapun juga
 * Interlingua: benque,, non obstante
 * Italian:, , in ogni caso, ad ogni modo
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: ,
 * Luo: kata kamano
 * Malay: walau bagaimana
 * Navajo: ndi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: do
 * Occitan:, ni per tot, ça que la, ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, , bez względu na to
 * Portuguese: no entanto, ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: tho
 * Scottish Gaelic: ge-tà
 * Spanish:, de todas formas,
 * Swahili: ijapokuwahata hivyo
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: тим не менш
 * Urdu: گرچہ
 * Volapük: do
 * Walloon:
 * Zazaki: bo zi

Conjunction

 * 1) Despite the fact that; although.
 * 2)  If, that, even if.
 * 3) * 1945,, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical)
 * Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
 * 1) * 1945,, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical)
 * Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.
 * 1) * 1945,, “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (song), in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II, Carousel (musical)
 * Walk on through the wind, / Walk on through the rain, / Though your dreams be tossed and blown.

Usage notes

 * This sense is now archaic, except in the fixed expression meaning.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:even though

Translations

 * Arabic: رَغْم أَنّ
 * Bulgarian: макар че
 * Catalan:, malgrat tot, tot i, tot i que,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, vaikkakaan
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian: მიუხედავად იმისა, რომ
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: έστω και αν,, ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: cé go
 * Italian: anche se
 * Japanese:, だけれども, だけど
 * Malay:
 * Navajo: ndi
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese: de,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:, , несмотря́ на то́, что
 * Slovak: hoci
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Ukrainian: хоча́, незважа́ючи на те, що
 * Zazaki: velev