French

Preposition

malgré

1. despite, in spite of.
2. (with a pronoun) against (one's) will, despite (one's) protest

Derived terms

• malgré que
• malgré tout
• malgré-nous

Old French

Etymology

mal ‎(“bad”) +‎ gré ‎(“will”).

Noun

malgré f ‎(oblique plural malgrez, nominative singular malgré, nominative plural malgrez)

1. ill-will

Preposition

malgré

1. despite; in spite of

Descendants

• English: maugre (borrowed)

References

• malgré on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub