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• Received-Pronunciation: /haʊˈɛvə/
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• Canada, General-American: houĕvʹər
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• Canada, General-American: /haʊˈɛvɚ/
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• California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• New-York-City: /hɑˈwɛvə(ɹ)/
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• Australian: /hæɔˈevə/
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• New-Zealand: /hæʊˈevə/
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• rhymes with -ɛvə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AW2 EH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English however, how-ever, how-evere; equivalent to how + ever. Compare howsoever.

170 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: megjithatë — nevertheless
• Arabic: لٰكِن (lākin) — nevertheless
• Arabic: لٰكِنَّ (lākinna) — nevertheless
• Arabic: وَلٰكِن (wa-lākin) — nevertheless
• Arabic: وَلٰكِنَّ (wa-lākinna) — nevertheless
• Arabic: رَغْمَ ذٰلِك (raḡma ḏālik) — nevertheless
• Arabic: وخى هد شي (waḵa had ši) — nevertheless
• Armenian: սակայն (sakayn) — nevertheless
• Asturian: sin embargu — nevertheless
• Basque: haatik — nevertheless
• Belarusian: адна́к (adnák) — nevertheless
• Belarusian: тым не ме́нш (tym nje mjénš) — nevertheless
• Bulgarian: оба́че (obáče) — nevertheless
• Burmese: ဒါပေမဲ့ (dapemai.) — nevertheless
• Catalan: tanmateix — nevertheless
• Catalan: nogensmenys — nevertheless
• Chinese Mandarin: 但是 (dànshì) — nevertheless
• Chinese Mandarin: 可是 (kěshì) — nevertheless
• Chinese Mandarin: 不過 /不过 (búguò) — nevertheless
• Chinese Mandarin: 卻 /却 (què) — nevertheless
• Czech: nicméně — nevertheless
• Czech: však — nevertheless
• Danish: dog — nevertheless
• Dutch: daarentegen — nevertheless
• Dutch: echter — nevertheless
• Dutch: evenwel — nevertheless
• Esperanto: kontraŭe — nevertheless
• Esperanto: tamen — nevertheless
• Finnish: kuitenkin — nevertheless
• French: cependant — nevertheless
• French: pourtant — nevertheless
• French: néanmoins — nevertheless
• French: toutefois — nevertheless
• French: nonobstant — nevertheless
• Old French: nepourquant — nevertheless
• Georgian: მიუხედავად ამისა (miuxedavad amisa) — nevertheless
• German: jedoch — nevertheless
• German: allerdings — nevertheless
• Greek: όμως (ómos) — nevertheless
• Ancient Greek: μέντοι (méntoi) — nevertheless
• Hebrew: אף על פי כן — nevertheless
• Hebrew: למרות זאת — nevertheless
• Hindi: फिर भी (phir bhī) — nevertheless
• Hindi: यद्यपि (yadyapi) — nevertheless
• Hungarian: mégis — nevertheless
• Hungarian: viszont — nevertheless
• Hungarian: azonban — nevertheless
• Hungarian: mindazonáltal — nevertheless
• Ilocano: ngem — nevertheless
• Irish: áfach — nevertheless
• Old Irish: immurgu — nevertheless
• Italian: però — nevertheless
• Italian: nonostante — nevertheless
• Italian: tuttavia — nevertheless
• Japanese: しかし (shikashi) — nevertheless
• Japanese: が (ga) — nevertheless
• Japanese: でも (demo) — nevertheless
• Japanese: けれども (keredomo) — nevertheless
• Japanese: けれど (keredo) — nevertheless
• Japanese: けども (kedomo) — nevertheless
• Japanese: けど (kedo) — nevertheless
• Japanese: ただし (tadashi) — nevertheless
• Kapampangan: onyang — nevertheless
• Kapampangan: oneng — nevertheless
• Korean: 그러나 (geureona) — nevertheless
• Korean: 하지만 (hajiman) — nevertheless
• Korean: -(으)나 — nevertheless
• Korean: -지만 (-jiman) — nevertheless
• Korean: -만 (-man) — nevertheless
• Northern Kurdish: her wiha — nevertheless
• Northern Kurdish: dîsa jî — nevertheless
• Northern Kurdish: lê — nevertheless
• Latin: tamen — nevertheless
• Latin: utut — nevertheless
• Lingala: ndé — nevertheless
• Lushootseed: ʔiwəɬ — nevertheless
• Luxembourgish: awer — nevertheless
• Macedonian: меѓутоа (meǵutoa) — nevertheless
• Malay: walau bagaimana — nevertheless
• Maltese: madankollu — nevertheless
• Manchu: ᡨᡠᡨᡨᡠ ᠪᡳᠮᡝ (tuttu bime) — nevertheless
• Norwegian Bokmål: ikke desto mindre — nevertheless
• Norwegian Bokmål: imidlertid — nevertheless
• Norwegian Bokmål: men — nevertheless
• Occitan: pasmens — nevertheless
• Pannonian Rusyn: заш лєм (zaš ljem) — nevertheless
• Pannonian Rusyn: медзитим (medzitim) — nevertheless
• Persian: اما (ammâ) — nevertheless
• Persian: با این حال — nevertheless
• Polish: jednakże — nevertheless
• Polish: jednak — nevertheless
• Portuguese: no entanto — nevertheless
• Portuguese: entretanto — nevertheless
• Romanian: totuși — nevertheless
• Romanian: însă — nevertheless
• Russian: одна́ко (odnáko) — nevertheless
• Russian: тем не ме́нее (tem ne méneje) — nevertheless
• Scots: houaniver — nevertheless
• Scottish Gaelic: ge-tà — nevertheless
• Serbo-Croatian: међутим — nevertheless
• Serbo-Croatian: međutim — nevertheless
• Slovak: však — nevertheless
• Slovene: vendar — nevertheless
• Lower Sorbian: pak — nevertheless
• Spanish: sin embargo — nevertheless
• Spanish: no obstante — nevertheless
• Spanish: mas — nevertheless
• Spanish: empero — nevertheless
• Swedish: däremot — nevertheless
• Swedish: dock — nevertheless
• Swedish: emellertid — nevertheless
• Tagalog: subalit — nevertheless
• Thai: อย่างไรก็ตาม (yàang rai gôr dtaam) — nevertheless
• Turkish: bununla birlikte — nevertheless
• Turkish: ancak — nevertheless
• Turkish: lakin — nevertheless
• Turkish: fakat — nevertheless
• Ukrainian: одна́к (odnák) — nevertheless
• Ukrainian: проте́ (proté) — nevertheless
• Uzbek: biroq — nevertheless
• Vietnamese: tuy nhiên — nevertheless
• Votic: sorovnoo — nevertheless
• Walloon: portant — nevertheless
• Walloon: mins nerén — nevertheless
• Walloon: mågré tot — nevertheless
• Welsh: serch hynny — nevertheless
• West Flemish: pertank — nevertheless
• Zazaki: labelê (diq) — nevertheless
• Bulgarian: все пак (vse pak) — to whatever extent or degree
• Esperanto: kiom ajn — to whatever extent or degree
• Finnish: kuinka tahansa — to whatever extent or degree
• Finnish: miten tahansa — to whatever extent or degree
• French: peu importe — to whatever extent or degree
• German: egal wie — to whatever extent or degree
• Hungarian: bármennyire — to whatever extent or degree
• Hungarian: akármennyire — to whatever extent or degree
• Hungarian: bármilyen — to whatever extent or degree
• Hungarian: akármilyen — to whatever extent or degree
• Irish: dá — to whatever extent or degree
• Macedonian: сепак (sepak) — to whatever extent or degree
• Norwegian Bokmål: uansett hvor — to whatever extent or degree
• Norwegian Bokmål: uten omsyn til hvor — to whatever extent or degree
• Spanish: comoquiera — to whatever extent or degree
• Spanish: comoquier — to whatever extent or degree
• Spanish: como sea — to whatever extent or degree
• Spanish: cuantoquiera — to whatever extent or degree
• Spanish: cuanto sea — to whatever extent or degree
• Welsh: er mor — to whatever extent or degree
• Welsh: pa mor — to whatever extent or degree
• Spanish: por más que — no matter how
• Spanish: aunque más — no matter how
• Spanish: por muy — no matter how
• Spanish: por mucho que — no matter how
• Spanish: comoquiera que — in any way in which
• Spanish: como sea que — in any way in which
• Spanish: como fuese/fuera que — in any way in which
• Spanish: como fuere que — in any way in which
• Spanish: de cualquier manera que — in any way in which
• Spanish: de cualquier modo que — in any way in which
• Spanish: de cualquier forma que — in any way in which
• Spanish: mal que bien — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: bien que mal — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: comoquiera — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: comoquier — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: de cualquier modo — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: de cualquier forma — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: de cualquier manera — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: como sea — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: como fuese/fuera — in any way that one likes or chooses
• Spanish: como fuere — in any way that one likes or chooses