despite

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• UK: /dɪˈspaɪt/
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The noun is derived from Middle English despit, dispit, from Old French despit, from Latin dēspectum (“looking down on”), from dēspiciō (“to look down, despise”). The preposition is derived from Middle English dispit, itself derived from the phrase in dispit of (in despite of). Compare typologically Russian несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) (< смотре́ть (smotrétʹ)); невзира́я на (nevzirája na) (< взира́ть (vzirátʹ)), презре́в (prezrév) (< презре́ть (prezrétʹ) <~ зреть (zretʹ)) (compare despite—despise relation).

From Middle English despite, dispite, dyspite, dyspyte, from Old French despitier.

116 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: megjithëse — in spite of
• Arabic: رَغْمَ (raḡma) — in spite of
• Arabic: بِالرَّغْمِ مِن (bi-r-raḡmi min) — in spite of
• Arabic: مَعَ (maʕa) — in spite of
• Arabic: واخا (wāḵḵa) — in spite of
• Arabic: وخا (waḵḵa) — in spite of
• Armenian: չնայած (čʻnayac) — in spite of
• Azerbaijani: baxmayaraq — in spite of
• Azerbaijani: rəğmən — in spite of
• Azerbaijani: ilə belə — in spite of
• Bashkir: ҡарамаҫтан (qaramaśtan) — in spite of
• Basque: gora-behera ere — in spite of
• Belarusian: нягле́дзячы на (njahljédzjačy na) — in spite of
• Belarusian: насу́перак (nasúpjerak) — in spite of
• Breton: daoust da — in spite of
• Breton: en desped da — in spite of
• Bulgarian: въ́преки (vǎ́preki) — in spite of
• Catalan: malgrat — in spite of
• Catalan: tot i que — in spite of
• Catalan: encara que — in spite of
• Catalan: tot i — in spite of
• Chinese Mandarin: 儘管 /尽管 — in spite of
• Chinese Mandarin: 不顧 /不顾 (bùgù) — in spite of
• Chinese Mandarin: 不管 (bùguǎn) — in spite of
• Chinese Mandarin: 任憑 /任凭 (rènpíng) — in spite of
• Chinese Mandarin: 即使 (jíshǐ) — in spite of
• Czech: přes — in spite of
• Czech: vzdor — in spite of
• Czech: navzdory — in spite of
• Danish: på trods af — in spite of
• Danish: trods — in spite of
• Dutch: ondanks — in spite of
• Esperanto: malgraŭ — in spite of
• Esperanto: spite, ke — in spite of
• Esperanto: spite al — in spite of
• Esperanto: spite — in spite of
• Estonian: hoolimata — in spite of
• Estonian: vaatamata — in spite of
• Finnish: huolimatta — in spite of
• French: en dépit de — in spite of
• French: malgré — in spite of
• Galician: malia — in spite of
• Georgian: მიუხედავად (miuxedavad) — in spite of
• German: trotz — in spite of
• Greek: παρά (pará) — in spite of
• Ancient Greek: κατά (katá) — in spite of
• Hebrew: לַמְרוֹת (lamrót) — in spite of
• Hindi: के बावजूद (ke bāvjūd) — in spite of
• Hungarian: ellenére — in spite of
• Hungarian: annak ellenére, hogy... — in spite of
• Hungarian: dacára — in spite of
• Hungarian: dacára, hogy... — in spite of
• Icelandic: þrátt fyrir — in spite of
• Interlingua: malgrado — in spite of
• Irish: in ainneoin — in spite of
• Irish: d'ainneoin — in spite of
• Irish: ainneoin — in spite of
• Italian: nonostante — in spite of
• Italian: sebbene — in spite of
• Italian: malgrado — in spite of
• Japanese: ...にも関わらず (...nimo kakawarazu) — in spite of
• Korean: 에도 불구하고 (-e-do bulguhago) — in spite of
• Latin: quamquam — in spite of
• Latvian: par spīti — in spite of
• Lithuanian: nepaisant — in spite of
• Macedonian: и покрај (i pokraj) — in spite of
• Malay: walaupun — in spite of
• Norwegian Bokmål: til tross for — in spite of
• Church Slavic: въпрѣкꙑ (vŭprěky) — in spite of
• Pannonian Rusyn: без огляду (bez ohljadu) — in spite of
• Pannonian Rusyn: и попри (i popri) — in spite of
• Persian: علیرغم ('alâraġm-e) — in spite of
• Persian: بهرغم (be-raġm-e) — in spite of
• Persian: باوجود (bâvojud-e) — in spite of
• Polish: mimo — in spite of
• Polish: pomimo — in spite of
• Polish: wbrew — in spite of
• Polish: na przekór — in spite of
• Portuguese: a despeito de — in spite of
• Portuguese: apesar de — in spite of
• Portuguese: não obstante — in spite of
• Romanian: în ciuda — in spite of
• Romanian: cu toate că — in spite of
• Russian: несмотря́ на (nesmotrjá na) — in spite of
• Russian: вопреки́ (voprekí) — in spite of
• Russian: напереко́р (naperekór) — in spite of
• Russian: невзира́я на (nevzirája na) — in spite of
• Scottish Gaelic: a dh'aindeoin — in spite of
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏спркос — in spite of
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏пркос — in spite of
• Serbo-Croatian: уна́точ — in spite of
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕsprkos — in spite of
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕprkos — in spite of
• Serbo-Croatian: unátoč — in spite of
• Slovak: napriek — in spite of
• Slovak: navzdor — in spite of
• Slovak: proti — in spite of
• Slovene: kljub — in spite of
• Spanish: a pesar de — in spite of
• Spanish: pese a — in spite of
• Spanish: no obstante — in spite of
• Spanish: maguer — in spite of
• Swahili: licha ya — in spite of
• Swedish: trots — in spite of
• Tajik: бо вуҷуди (bo vujud-i) — in spite of
• Turkish: rağmen — in spite of
• Turkish: karşın — in spite of
• Ukrainian: незважа́ючи на (nezvažájučy na) — in spite of
• Ukrainian: всу́переч (vsúpereč) — in spite of
• Ukrainian: по́при (pópry) — in spite of
• Urdu: باوُجُود (bāvujūd) — in spite of
• Urdu: کے باوُجُود (ke bāvujūd) — in spite of
• Vietnamese: mặc dù — in spite of
• Vietnamese: không kể — in spite of
• Vietnamese: bất chấp — in spite of
• Walloon: mågré — in spite of