quitte
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Adjective[edit]
quitte (plural quittes)
- quits
- play quitte, play even, play without winning or losing, a draw
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Portuguese: quite
Verb[edit]
quitte
- inflection of quitter:
Further reading[edit]
- “quitte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quitus). Compare the inherited coi.
Adjective[edit]
quitte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quitte)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- 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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