quitte

See also: Quitte and quitté

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French quitte, borrowed from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quitus). Doublet of coi, which was inherited, as well as quiet, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kit/
  • (file)

Adjective

quitte (plural quittes)

  1. quits
  2. play quitte, play even, play without winning or losing, a draw

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Portuguese: quite

Verb

quitte

  1. inflection of quitter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quitus). Compare the inherited coi.

Adjective

quitte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quitte)

  1. free; liberated

Descendants

References

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