# albeit

Pronunciation: say "awl-BEE-it" US /ɔlˈbi.ət/, UK /ɔːlˈbiː.ɪt/

## Conjunction

1. Although, or despite being: used to add a point that qualifies what has just been said, usually before a word or phrase rather than a full clause.
   - Simple: Even though it is or was, used to add a point that goes against what came before.
   - _They found a cheap, albeit slow, way to ship the furniture across the country._
   - _The museum reopened in May, albeit with only half of its galleries._

## Origin

From the Middle English expression al be it (that), itself shortened from althagh it be that ("although it be that"). It is made up of al ("completely, entirely") + be (the present subjunctive of been, "to be") + it.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/albeit (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).