quitte
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/
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Adjective
quitte (plural quittes)
- quits
- play quitte, play even, play without winning or losing, a draw
Derived terms
Descendants
- Portuguese: quite
Verb
quitte
- inflection of quitter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “quitte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quitus). Compare the inherited coi.
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (quitte, supplement)
- quite on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
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