fuite

• IPA^(key): /fɥit/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Rhymes: -it
• Homophones: fuites, fuîtes

Remodeled, on the model of suite, from Old French fuie, from Vulgar Latin *fūgita, feminine past participle of *fūgīre, from Latin fugere. Doublet of fuie.

fuite f (plural fuites)

1. escape; getaway; flight (e.g. from prison)

   Faire sa fuite.

   To make one's getaway.

2. leak; the act of leaking

   Il y a une fuite dans la salle de bains.

   There's a leak in the bathroom.

fuite f sg

1. feminine singular of fuit

see fuiter.

fuite

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

• “fuite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

fuite

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of fuir combined with te