quoique

Meaning

Same meaning as bien que, in an even more written register.

Position and punctuation

at the start of the sentence · a comma after

Example

Quoique les chiffres soient partiels, la tendance apparaît nettement.

Although the figures are partial, the trend appears clearly.

In the DELF

the C1 synthesis

The trap

Not to be confused with quoi que (two words), meaning "whatever": "quoi qu'il arrive". Meaning and spelling change together.