en tout état de cause

French

Etymology

Literally, “in all state of case”, or more loosely translated as “whatever the advancement of the case may be”, from cause in the sense of "(legal) case".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ tu.t‿e.ta d(ə) koz/

Adverb

en tout état de cause

1. at any rate, in any case, anyway

   Synonyms: en tout cas, quoi qu’il en soit