Grammatical class

Adverb

cependant

meanwhile

Details

Syllables

ce-pen-dant

Phonetics

sə.pɑ̃.dɑ̃

Grammatical class

Adverb

Freq. (books)

3894

Freq. (movies)

13719

Freq. (news)

586

Sentences

Tu as tort, cependant.

You're wrong, though.

A1

Tu fais une erreur, cependant.

You're making a mistake, however.

A1

Merci, cependant. Je l'apprécie.

Thanks, though. I appreciate it.

A1

Ce n'est pas ce que Tom a dit, cependant.

That isn't what Tom said, though.

A1

Aujourd'hui, cependant, le temps est tout sauf beau.

Today, however, the weather is anything but beautiful.

A2

Mon ordinateur n'a pas cependant été fait toute révision.

My computer has never been inspected.

A2

Il y a cependant un défaut mineur.

There is yet one minor blemish.

B1

À ce moment-là, cependant, c'était trop tard.

By then, however, it was too late.

B1

Tu savais que c'était impossible, cependant, tu as essayé.

You knew it was impossible and even then, you tried.

B1

La nourriture était épouvantable, cependant je ne m'en suis pas plaint.

The food was terrible -all the same I didn't complain.

B1

La phrase est correcte ; je la formulerais cependant autrement.

The sentence is correct, however, I would word it differently.

B2

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.

C2