quoique
See also: quoi que
French edit
Alternative forms edit
- quoiqu’ (apocopic, before vowel or h)
Etymology edit
From quoi + que, replacing earlier que que.
Pronunciation edit
Conjunction edit
quoique (+ subjunctive)
- though, although
- Synonyms: bien que, encore que
- Near-synonym: même si
- Quoique petite, elle est plutôt forte.
- Though small, she's pretty strong.
Further reading edit
- “quoique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.