# quantunque
## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kwanˈtun.kwe/
* Rhymes: -unkwe
* Hyphenation: quan‧tùn‧que

### Conjunction

quantunque
* (dated with subjunctive) although, even though
    Synonyms: ancorché, benché, malgrado, nonostante, per quanto, sebbene
** 1840, Alessandro Manzoni, I promessi sposi‎, 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 menoalthough generally desirous to be talked of, [he] would willingly have been forgotten on this occasion
* despite how much; however
** 1827, Giacomo Leopardi, “Storia del genere umano [History of Mankind]”, in Operette morali [Small Moral Works]‎, Florence: Guglielmo Piatti, published 1834, page 21:E non sarà dato alla Verità, quantunque potentissima, […] nè sterminarlo mai dalla terra, nè vincerloAnd the Truth, however very powerful, will not be able to eradicate it from the earth, nor win against it
* 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

* → Ladino: kuantunke

### Determiner

quantunque (plural quantunque or (rare) quantunqui) (obsolete)
* however much
* (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

quantunque
* (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, Florence: Andrea Bettini, published 1858, page 112, lines –:Chi vuol veder quantunque può Natura ¶ e 'l Ciel tra noi, venga a mirar costeiWho wishes to see what Nature can achieve ¶ among us, and Heaven, come and gaze at her,

### Adverb

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

### Further reading

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