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Italian
Etymology
From quanto (“how much”) + -unque (indefinite ending). Formed similarly to, and possibly influenced by, Latin quantuscumque.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwanˈtun.kwe/
- Rhymes: -unkwe
- Hyphenation: quan‧tùn‧que
Conjunction
quantunque
- (dated with subjunctive) although, even though
- Synonyms: ancorché, benché, malgrado, nonostante, per quanto, sebbene
1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi, Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Chapter XXV, page 476:quantunque gli piacesse molto d’andar per le bocche degli uomini, n’avrebbe, in quella congiuntura, fatto volentieri di meno- although generally desirous to be talked of, would willingly have been forgotten on this occasion
- despite how much; however
1827, Giacomo Leopardi, “Storia del genere umano”, in Operette morali, Florence: Guglielmo Piatti, published 1834, page 21:E non sarà dato alla Verità, quantunque potentissima, […] nè sterminarlo mai dalla terra, nè vincerlo- And the Truth, however very powerful, will not be able to eradicate it from the earth, nor win against it
- although, but
- Synonyms: ciononostante, comunque, purtuttavia, tuttavia
Puoi non andarci, se credi: quantunque, chi te lo impedisce?- If you think so, you can just not go: although who's preventing you ?
Descendants
Determiner
quantunque (plural quantunque or (rare) quantunqui) (obsolete)
- however much
- (in the plural) however many
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto V, page 72, lines 11–12:cignesi con la coda tante volte ¶ quantunque gradi vuol che giù sia messa.- Girds himself with his tail as many times ¶ as grades he wishes it should be thrust down.
Pronoun
quantunque
- (obsolete) anything that, whatever
1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXIII, pages 588–589, lines 19–21:In te misericordia, in te pietate, ¶ in te magnificenza, in te s'aduna ¶ quantunque in creatura è di bontate.- In thee compassion is, in thee is pity, ¶ in thee magnificence; in thee unites ¶ whate'er of goodness is in any creature.
1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Chi vuol veder quantunque può Natura”, in Il Canzoniere, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 112, lines –:Chi vuol veder quantunque può Natura ¶ e 'l Ciel tra noi, venga a mirar costei- Who wishes to see what Nature can achieve ¶ among us, and Heaven, come and gaze at her,
Adverb
quantunque (obsolete, literary)
- to a (certain) degree or extent
- Synonym: quanto
1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Decima giornata, Novella VIII”, in Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 263:ad imprender philoſophia il mandò ad Athene, & quantunque più potè, il raccomandò ad un nobile huomo- he sent him to Athens to study philosophy, and to the best of his power commended him to a nobleman
References
Further reading
- quantunque in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- quantunque in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication