quitte

See also: Quitte and quitté

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)

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

Derived terms

• acquitter
• quittance
• quitter
• quitte à
• quitte ou double

Verb

quitte

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

Further reading

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

German

Verb

quitte

1. inflection of quitten:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. 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)

1. quit (released from obligation)

Descendants

• French: quitte

References

• quitte on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)