toutefois

French

Alternative forms

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 and Portuguese todavia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tu.tə.fwa/, /tut.fwa/
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Adverb

toutefois

  1. however, nonetheless

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