albeit

== English == === Etymology === From the Middle English expression al be it (that), itself shortened from althagh it be that (“although it be that”), and thus composed from al (“completely, entirely”) +‎ be (3rd person singular present subjunctive of been (“to be”)) +‎ it. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɔːlˈbiː.ɪt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɔlˈbi.ət/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ɑlˈbi.ɪt/ Hyphenation: al‧be‧it === Conjunction === albeit Although, despite (it) being. Synonyms: as much as, though; see also Thesaurus:even though ==== Usage notes ==== The word albeit historically also introduced an independent clause as although does (as in the Shakespearean quote above); however, after the Early Modern English period, it ceased to do so, and today only introduces a noun phrase, adjectival phrase, adverbial phrase, or dependent clause. Rarely, albethey is used when the meaning is “despite (the multiple things) being” rather than “despite (the single thing) being”; this is nonstandard, based on a reanalysis of albeit. ==== Alternative forms ==== albe, albethey ==== Related terms ==== howbeit sobeit ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === albite, betail, libate == Yola == === Conjunction === albeit alternative form of abeit === References === Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 22