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French
Pronunciation
Conjunction
malgré que (+ subjunctive)
- (proscribed) despite that (even though; despite the fact that; although)
- Synonyms: bien que, encore que, quoique, nonobstant que, comment que, jaçoit que
1927, Marcel Proust, Le Temps retrouvé, page 132:Et nos notions actuelles sur lui sont si vagues ou si bizarres, et correspondent si peu à celles que nous avons eues de lui, que nous avons entièrement oublié que nous avons failli nous battre en duel avec lui mais nous nous rappelons qu’il portait enfant d’étranges guêtres jaunes aux Champs-Elysées, dans lesquels par contre, malgré que nous le lui assurions, il n’a aucun souvenir d’avoir joué avec nous.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- This conjunction is followed by the subjunctive.
- Malgré is normally a preposition. Although the conjunctive construction has long been used by prestigious authors, it has been harshly condemned by pundits for over a century. Compare despite that in English.