quantunque

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Italian

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Etymology

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From quanto (how much) +‎ -unque (indefinite ending). Formed similarly to, and possibly influenced by, Latin quantuscumque.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kwanˈtun.kwe/
  • Rhymes: -unkwe
  • Hyphenation: quan‧tùn‧que

Conjunction

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quantunque

  1. (dated with subjunctive) although, even though
    Synonyms: ancorché, benché, malgrado, nonostante, per quanto, sebbene
    • 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi[1], Tip. Guglielmini e Redaelli, Chapter XXV, page 476:
      quantunque gli piacesse molto d’andar per le bocche degli uomini, n’avrebbe, in quella congiuntura, fatto volentieri di meno
      although generally desirous to be talked of, [he] would willingly have been forgotten on this occasion
  2. despite how much; however
    • 1827, Giacomo Leopardi, “Storia del genere umano [History of Mankind]”, in Operette morali [Small Moral Works]‎[2], Florence: Guglielmo Piatti, published 1834, page 21:
      E non sarà dato alla Verità, quantunque potentissima, [] nè sterminarlo mai dalla terra, nè vincerlo
      And the Truth, however very powerful, will not be able to eradicate it from the earth, nor win against it
  3. although, but
    Synonyms: ciononostante, comunque, purtuttavia, tuttavia
    Puoi non andarci, se credi: quantunque, chi te lo impedisce?
    If you think so, you can just not go: although who's preventing you [from doing it]?

Descendants

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  • Ladino: kuantunke

Determiner

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quantunque (plural quantunque or (rare) quantunqui) (obsolete)

  1. however much
  2. (in the plural) however many
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno [The Divine Comedy: Hell], 12th edition (paperback), Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto V, page 72, lines 11–12:
      cignesi con la coda tante volte ¶ quantunque gradi vuol che giù sia messa.
      Girds himself with his tail as many times ¶ as grades he wishes it should be thrust down.

Pronoun

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quantunque

  1. (obsolete) anything that, whatever
    • 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Paradiso [The Divine Comedy: Paradise] (paperback), Le Monnier, published 2002, Canto XXXIII, pages 588–589, lines 19–21:
      In te misericordia, in te pietate, ¶ in te magnificenza, in te s'aduna ¶ quantunque in creatura è di bontate.
      In thee compassion is, in thee is pity, ¶ in thee magnificence; in thee unites ¶ whate'er of goodness is in any creature.
    • 1374, Francesco Petrarca, “Chi vuol veder quantunque può Natura [Who wishes to see what Nature can achieve]”, in Il Canzoniere[3], Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 112, lines :
      Chi vuol veder quantunque può Natura ¶ e 'l Ciel tra noi, venga a mirar costei
      Who wishes to see what Nature can achieve ¶ among us, and Heaven, come and gaze at her,

Adverb

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quantunque (obsolete, literary)

  1. to a (certain) degree or extent
    Synonym: quanto
    • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Decima giornata, Novella VIII [Tenth Day, Eighth Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron]‎[4], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 263:
      ad imprender philoſophia il mandò ad Athene, & quantunque più potè, il raccomandò ad un nobile huomo
      he sent him to Athens to study philosophy, and to the best of his power commended him to a nobleman

References

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Further reading

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  • quantunque in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
  • quantunque in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication