toutefois

French

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.tə.fwa/, /tut.fwa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adverb

toutefois

1. however, nonetheless

Further reading

• “toutefois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.