quitte
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French quitte, from Old French quite (11th c.), borrowed from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quíetus > quitus). Doublet of inherited coi and the later borrowing quiet.
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
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.
German
Verb
quitte
- inflection of quitten:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French quite, borrowed from Latin quiētus, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷyeh₁-.
Adjective
quitte m (feminine singular quittee, masculine plural quittes, feminine plural quittees)
- quit (released from obligation)
Descendants
- French: quitte
References
- quitte on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)