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Essential French Expression
| Meaning | it doesn’t really matter | |
| Literally | little matter | |
| Register | normal | |
| Pronunciation |  |
[peuh eh(n) puhrt] |
| IPA | [pø ɛ̃ pɔʀt] | |
Usage notes: Peu importe is a very common French expression, useful for indicating that something doesn’t really matter.
Par exemple…
| Donne-moi un chocolat, peu importe lequel. | Give me a chocolate, it doesn’t matter which one. | |
| Peu importe ton opinion, je vais le faire. | Your opinion doesn’t really matter, I’m going to do it. |
Synonymous expressions
| n’importe | it doesn’t matter, no matter | |
| – Lequel veux-tu ? – N’importe (lequel). |
– Which one do you want? – It doesn’t matter, Either one. |
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| qu’importe | what does it matter? who cares?, never mind | |
| – Qui va gagner ? – Qu’importe ! |
– Who’s going to win? – What does it matter? Who cares? |
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