cependant
French
Etymology
ce + pendant
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.pɑ̃.dɑ̃/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Hyphenation: ce‧pen‧dant
Adverb
cependant
- meanwhile
- Synonym: pendant ce temps-là
Conjunction
cependant
- however, nevertheless, yet, notwithstanding
- Synonyms: tandis que, néanmoins, nonobstant
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: sepandan
Further reading
- “cependant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.