nevertheless

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs/
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• US: /ˌnɛvɚðəˈlɛs/
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• CMU ARPABET: N EH2 V ER0 DH AH0 L EH1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English nevertheles, never-þe-les, nevere-þe-lesse. By surface analysis, never (“not at all”) + the + less; compare never the wiser.

172 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: وَمَعَ ذٰلِكَ (wa-maʕa ḏālika) — in spite of what preceded
• Arabic: بِالرَّغْمِ مِن ذٰلِكَ (bi-r-raḡmi min ḏālika) — in spite of what preceded
• Arabic: بالرغم من كدا (be-r-raḡm men keda) — in spite of what preceded
• Azerbaijani: bununla belə — in spite of what preceded
• Azerbaijani: buna baxmayaraq — in spite of what preceded
• Azerbaijani: bununla yanaşı — in spite of what preceded
• Azerbaijani: onunla belə — in spite of what preceded
• Azerbaijani: yenə də — in spite of what preceded
• Bengali: অথচ (othoc) — in spite of what preceded
• Bulgarian: въпреки това (vǎpreki tova) — in spite of what preceded
• Bulgarian: все пак (vse pak) — in spite of what preceded
• Catalan: nogensmenys — in spite of what preceded
• Catalan: no obstant — in spite of what preceded
• Catalan: tanmateix — in spite of what preceded
• Catalan: ara bé — in spite of what preceded
• Chinese Mandarin: 還是 /还是 (háishi) — in spite of what preceded
• Chinese Mandarin: 然而 (rán'ér) — in spite of what preceded
• Chinese Mandarin: 仍然 (réngrán) — in spite of what preceded
• Chinese Mandarin: 儘管如此 — in spite of what preceded
• Chinese Mandarin: 尽管如此 (jǐnguǎn rúcǐ) — in spite of what preceded
• Czech: nicméně — in spite of what preceded
• Danish: alligevel — in spite of what preceded
• Danish: ikke desto mindre — in spite of what preceded
• Dutch: niettemin — in spite of what preceded
• Dutch: niettegenstaande — in spite of what preceded
• Dutch: toch — in spite of what preceded
• Dutch: desondanks — in spite of what preceded
• Dutch: desalniettemin — in spite of what preceded
• Dutch: alhoewel — in spite of what preceded
• Esperanto: malgraŭe — in spite of what preceded
• Esperanto: tamen — in spite of what preceded
• Estonian: ikka — in spite of what preceded
• Finnish: siitä huolimatta — in spite of what preceded
• Finnish: kuitenkin — in spite of what preceded
• Finnish: joka tapauksessa — in spite of what preceded
• Finnish: kumminkin — in spite of what preceded
• Finnish: silti — in spite of what preceded
• Finnish: yhtä kaikki — in spite of what preceded
• French: néanmoins — in spite of what preceded
• French: toutefois — in spite of what preceded
• French: pourtant — in spite of what preceded
• French: malgré tout — in spite of what preceded
• French: nonobstant — in spite of what preceded
• French: cependant — in spite of what preceded
• French: cela étant — in spite of what preceded
• French: tout de même — in spite of what preceded
• Galician: no entanto — in spite of what preceded
• Galician: orasme — in spite of what preceded
• Galician: porén — in spite of what preceded
• Galician: nembargantes — in spite of what preceded
• German: nichtsdestoweniger — in spite of what preceded
• German: trotzdem — in spite of what preceded
• German: auch wenn — in spite of what preceded
• German: dennoch — in spite of what preceded
• German: unbenommen — in spite of what preceded
• German: nichtsdestotrotz — in spite of what preceded
• Greek: ωστόσο (ostóso) — in spite of what preceded
• Greek: μολαταύτα (molatáfta) — in spite of what preceded
• Greek: μολοντούτο (molontoúto) — in spite of what preceded
• Greek: παρ’ όλα αυτά (par’ óla aftá) — in spite of what preceded
• Greek: εν τούτοις (en toútois) — in spite of what preceded
• Ancient Greek: καίτοι (kaítoi) — in spite of what preceded
• Ancient Greek: ὅμως (hómōs) — in spite of what preceded
• Ancient Greek: καὶ ὡς (kaì hōs) — in spite of what preceded
• Hebrew: על כל פנים (al kól panim) — in spite of what preceded
• Hindi: फिर भी (phir bhī) — in spite of what preceded
• Hungarian: mindamellett — in spite of what preceded
• Hungarian: mindazonáltal — in spite of what preceded
• Hungarian: azonban — in spite of what preceded
• Hungarian: ettől függetlenül — in spite of what preceded
• Icelandic: engu að síður — in spite of what preceded
• Icelandic: samt sem áður — in spite of what preceded
• Icelandic: eigi að síður — in spite of what preceded
• Ido: tamen — in spite of what preceded
• Ido: malgre — in spite of what preceded
• Interlingua: nonobstante — in spite of what preceded
• Irish: mar sin féin — in spite of what preceded
• Italian: nondimeno — in spite of what preceded
• Italian: tuttavia — in spite of what preceded
• Italian: eppure — in spite of what preceded
• Italian: nonostante — in spite of what preceded
• Italian: ciononostante — in spite of what preceded
• Japanese: それでも — in spite of what preceded
• Japanese: やはり (yahari) — in spite of what preceded
• Japanese: それにもかかわらず (sore ni kakawarazu) — in spite of what preceded
• Japanese: しかも (shikamo) — in spite of what preceded
• Korean: 그렇지만 (geureochiman) — in spite of what preceded
• Central Kurdish: سەرەڕای (sererray) — in spite of what preceded
• Northern Kurdish: tevî jî — in spite of what preceded
• Northern Kurdish: dîsan jî — in spite of what preceded
• Latin: tamen — in spite of what preceded
• Latin: attamen — in spite of what preceded
• Latin: nihilominus — in spite of what preceded
• Macedonian: нејсе (nejse) — in spite of what preceded
• Malagasy: na dia izany aza — in spite of what preceded
• Māori: he ahakoa — in spite of what preceded
• Māori: he ahakoa tonu — in spite of what preceded
• Māori: hei aha koa — in spite of what preceded
• Māori: aua atu (rā) — in spite of what preceded
• Māori: hei aha (koa/noa iho) — in spite of what preceded
• Māori: me aha koa — in spite of what preceded
• Norwegian Bokmål: likevel — in spite of what preceded
• Norwegian Bokmål: allikevel — in spite of what preceded
• Norwegian Bokmål: ikke desto mindre — in spite of what preceded
• Norwegian Bokmål: likefullt — in spite of what preceded
• Norwegian Nynorsk: likevel — in spite of what preceded
• Occitan: totparier — in spite of what preceded
• Old Prussian: adder — in spite of what preceded
• Pannonian Rusyn: медзитим (medzitim) — in spite of what preceded
• Persian: بااینوجود — in spite of what preceded
• Plautdietsch: doch (nds) — in spite of what preceded
• Polish: niemniej jednak — in spite of what preceded
• Polish: jednakże — in spite of what preceded
• Polish: jednakowoż — in spite of what preceded
• Portuguese: não obstante — in spite of what preceded
• Portuguese: no entanto — in spite of what preceded
• Portuguese: contudo — in spite of what preceded
• Portuguese: apesar de — in spite of what preceded
• Portuguese: de qualquer jeito — in spite of what preceded
• Quechua: ichaqa — in spite of what preceded
• Romanian: totuși — in spite of what preceded
• Romanian: cu toate acestea — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: одна́ко (odnáko) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: зато́ (zató) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: но (no) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: несмотря́ на э́то (nesmotrjá na éto) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: всё-таки (vsjo-taki) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: но всё же (no vsjo že) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: но всё-таки (no vsjo-taki) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: но, несмотря на это (no, nesmotrja na eto) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: но, как бы то ни было (no, kak by to ni bylo) — in spite of what preceded
• Russian: вместе с тем (vmeste s tem) — in spite of what preceded
• Serbo-Croatian: ipak — in spite of what preceded
• Serbo-Croatian: usprkos tome — in spite of what preceded
• Slovak: jednako — in spite of what preceded
• Slovak: napriek tomu — in spite of what preceded
• Slovak: ničmenej — in spite of what preceded
• Spanish: sin embargo — in spite of what preceded
• Spanish: a pesar de esto — in spite of what preceded
• Spanish: con todo — in spite of what preceded
• Spanish: con todo y eso — in spite of what preceded
• Spanish: no obstante — in spite of what preceded
• Spanish: pese a ello — in spite of what preceded
• Swedish: icke desto mindre — in spite of what preceded
• Swedish: likväl — in spite of what preceded
• Swedish: likafullt — in spite of what preceded
• Swedish: ändå — in spite of what preceded
• Swedish: ändock — in spite of what preceded
• Tagalog: datapwat — in spite of what preceded
• Tagalog: gayunpaman — in spite of what preceded
• Tagalog: ganun pa man — in spite of what preceded
• Tagalog: ganoon pa man — in spite of what preceded
• Tagalog: gayumpaman — in spite of what preceded
• Telugu: అయినా (ayinā) — in spite of what preceded
• Turkish: bununla birlikte — in spite of what preceded
• Turkish: buna rağmen — in spite of what preceded
• Turkish: buna karşın — in spite of what preceded
• Turkish: herşeye rağmen — in spite of what preceded
• Ukrainian: а втім (a vtim) — in spite of what preceded
• Ukrainian: проте́ (proté) — in spite of what preceded
• Ukrainian: одна́к (odnák) — in spite of what preceded
• Ukrainian: все-таки (vse-taky) — in spite of what preceded
• Ukrainian: все ж таки (vse ž taky) — in spite of what preceded
• Urdu: پھر بھی (phir bhī) — in spite of what preceded
• Urdu: تاہم (tāham) — in spite of what preceded
• Venetan: epura — in spite of what preceded
• Venetan: epur — in spite of what preceded
• Vietnamese: tuy vậy — in spite of what preceded
• Vietnamese: tuy thế — in spite of what preceded
• West Flemish: pertank — in spite of what preceded
• Woiwurrung: kooing — in spite of what preceded
• Yiddish: פֿונדעסטוועגן (fundestvegn) — in spite of what preceded