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# cependant — French to English

How French *cependant* is translated into English in open, checked parallel texts: 3 translations with example sentences.

The Elamur Dictionary has no French section yet; the English translations below link to their meanings where it has them.

Sentence pairs counted, by form: cependant (137 877). By style: everyday 81 · literary 164 · biblical 97 · parliamentary 22 741 · legal and administrative 10 300 · UN documents 104 494.

## however

Used about 102 827 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 57 · literary ≈ 3 · biblical ≈ 8 · parliamentary ≈ 15 161 · legal and administrative ≈ 9 227 · UN documents ≈ 78 371). Meaning: [however in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/however/).

- **Cependant**, je n'ai pas d'argent.
  **However**, I have no money.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by chtof and orcrist · checked, community translation · [\#53632](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/53632) [\#430863](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/430863))

- **Cependant** l'aubergiste ne lâcha pas prise.
  **However**, the inn-keeper did not give up.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 9258)

- **Cependant** vous avez bien fait de prendre part à ma détresse.
  **However** you did well that you shared in my affliction.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PHI 4:14)

- Mettons **cependant** tout cela en perspective.
  **However**, let us put everything into perspective.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1457362)

- Ces allégations ont **cependant** été rejetées.
  These claims were **however** rejected.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 3957486)

## yet

Used about 5 289 times in the texts (everyday ≈ 3 · literary ≈ 10 · biblical ≈ 18 · parliamentary ≈ 474 · legal and administrative ≈ 429 · UN documents ≈ 4 354). Meaning: [yet in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/yet/).

- **Cependant**, ses ennuis ne sont pas terminés.
  **Yet**, his troubles are not over.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and Eldad · checked, community translation · [\#3758912](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3758912) [\#3759121](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/3759121))

- —**Cependant** nous marchons avec vitesse...
  "**Yet** we are going very fast."
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · verne journey centre earth, row 2856)

- Tout le travail de l’homme est pour sa bouche, et **cependant** ses désirs ne sont jamais satisfaits.
  All the labor of man is for his mouth, and **yet** the appetite is not filled.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · ECC 6:7)

- **Cependant**, alors que nous sommes à la veille de la ratification du traité de Lisbonne, la première chose que nous faisons est de renoncer à nouveau ces droits!
  **Yet** just as we are on the verge of the Treaty of Lisbon being ratified, the first thing we do is to give these rights away again!
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 1289203)

- **Cependant**, l'enquête a établi que le grès de couleur pouvait être obtenu auprès de plusieurs sources, y compris des producteurs de l'Union.
  **Yet** the investigation established that coloured stoneware can be procured from several sources, including Union producers.
  ([DGT-TM v2021](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/language-technology-resources/dgt-translation-memory_en) · Source: European Commission, DGT-TM (Steinberger et al. 2012), re-used under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the Commission keeps ownership of the data · checked, professional translation · segment 2922109)

## nevertheless

Used about 4 862 times in the texts (literary ≈ 21 · biblical ≈ 14 · parliamentary ≈ 474 · UN documents ≈ 4 354). Meaning: [nevertheless in the Elamur Dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/nevertheless/).

- --**Cependant** il y a de la lumière dans cette chambre.
  “But there is a light in that room, **nevertheless**.”
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo les miserables, row 6638)

- **Cependant** je suis toujours avec toi, Tu m’as saisi la main droite;
  **Nevertheless**, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
  ([World English Bible and Louis Segond 1910](https://ebible.org/) · World English Bible; Louis Segond 1910; public domain, eBible.org · checked, professional translation · PSA 73:23)

- **Cependant**, la crise dans les Balkans a mis en évidence les déficits de l'Union.
  **Nevertheless**, the crisis in the Balkans has demonstrated the shortcomings of the European Union.
  ([Europarl v8](https://www.statmt.org/europarl/) · Source: European Parliament proceedings, Europarl v8 (Koehn 2005) via OPUS (Tiedemann 2012) · checked, professional translation · segment 65315)

- **Cependant**, la femme ne peut contracter un nouveau mariage que trois cent jours après le décès du mari.
  **Nevertheless**, a woman cannot enter into a new marriage until 300 days have elapsed since her husband &apos; s death.
  ([United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0](https://conferences.unite.un.org/UNCorpus) · Source: United Nations, United Nations Parallel Corpus v1.0 (Ziemski, Junczys-Dowmunt and Pouliquen 2016) · checked, professional translation · segment 2737127)

- **Cependant** cette secousse avait pour ainsi dire réveillé la recluse.
  **Nevertheless**, this shock had, so to speak, awakened the recluse.
  ([Project Gutenberg books (Verne, Hugo, Maupassant and their translators)](https://www.gutenberg.org/) · Project Gutenberg, public domain · checked, professional translation · hugo notre dame, row 3361)

## More sentences

Sentence pairs with the word where no single translation was found: it may be translated by a phrase, or left out.

- Tu savais que c'était impossible, **cependant**, tu as essayé.
  You knew it was impossible and even then, you tried.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by Wittydev and Narda · checked, community translation · [\#1152431](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1152431) [\#1158199](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/1158199))

- Nous les hommes parvenons à faire taire le carnassier en nous, mais **cependant** pas l'âne.
  We men can silence the vulture within us, but not the jackass.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by sacredceltic and zogwarg · checked, community translation · [\#11904162](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/11904162) [\#2412803](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/2412803))

- J'ai commencé à écrire un nouveau livre. Je ne sais pas, **cependant**, si je le terminerai un jour.
  I started writing a new book. I don't know, though, if I'll ever finish it.
  ([Tatoeba](https://tatoeba.org/) · Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR · sentences by carlosalberto and carlosalberto · checked, community translation · [\#13579457](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13579457) [\#13579425](https://tatoeba.org/en/sentences/show/13579425))

## Grammar

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