quitte

Etymology

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/

Adjective

quitte (plural quittes)

1. quits

Verb

quitte

1. first-person singular present indicative of quitter
2. third-person singular present indicative of quitter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of quitter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of quitter
5. second-person singular imperative of quitter

Further reading

• “quitte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

quitte

1. inflected form of quitt

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin quiētus (pronounced in Medieval Latin as quitus). Compare the inherited coi.

Adjective

quitte m (oblique and nominative feminine singular quitte)

1. free; liberated

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (quitte, supplement)
• quite on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub