toutefois

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French toutesfoys, from the plurals toutes and fois. In Old French, the adverb was totesvoies (from voie (“way”)), closer to Italian tuttavia.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tu.tə.fwa/
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Adverb

toutefois

however, nonetheless

Further reading

“toutefois” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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