quitter

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkwɪ.tə/
  • Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
  • Homophone: quittor

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture (“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire (“to cook”), or from Latin coctura (“cooking”).

Alternative forms

Noun

quitter (uncountable)

  1. (now rare outside Jamaica) Matter flowing from a wound or sore; pus.
    • 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job II:
      Therfor Sathan [...] smoot Joob with a ful wickid botche fro the sole of the foot til to his top; which Joob schauyde the quytere with a schelle, and sat in the dunghil.
  2. (farriery) A fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot resulting from bruises, pricks, or neglected corns.
  3. (obsolete) Scoria of tin.

Verb

quitter (third-person singular simple present quitters, present participle quittering, simple past and past participle quittered)

  1. To suppurate; ooze with pus.

Etymology 2

From quit +‎ -er.

Noun

quitter (plural quitters)

  1. One who quits.
    Winners never quit and quitters never win.
  2. (obsolete) A deliverer.

French

Etymology

From quitte +‎ -er, or from Late Latin quietare (“acquit, discharge, release”), from Latin quiētāre, present active infinitive of quiētō (“to calm”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ki.te/
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Verb

quitter

  1. (transitive, law or obsolete) to discharge somebody from an obligation
  2. (transitive, of a place) to leave, to quit
  3. (transitive, of a person) to part with somebody, to leave somebody

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

German

Adjective

quitter

  1. inflected form of quitt

Middle French

Etymology

Old French quitter.

Verb

quitter

  1. to release from an obligation; to forgive (a debt)
  2. to liberate; to free
  3. to pardon
  4. to leave

Conjugation

  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of quitter
simple compound
infinitive quitter avoir quitté
gerund en quittant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle quittant
past participle quitté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present quitte quittes quitte quittons quittez quittent
imperfect quittois, quittoys quittois, quittoys quittoit, quittoyt quittions, quittyons quittiez, quittyez quittoient, quittoyent
past historic quitta quittas quitta quittasmes quittastes quitterent
future quitterai, quitteray quitteras quittera quitterons quitterez quitteront
conditional quitterois, quitteroys quitterois, quitteroys quitteroit, quitteroyt quitterions, quitteryons quitteriez, quitteryez quitteroient, quitteroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present quitte quittes quitte quittons quittez quittent
imperfect quittasse quittasses quittast quittassions quittassiez quittassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— quitte — quittons quittez —

Descendants

References

  • quitter on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (quitter, supplement)

Old French

Verb

quitter

  1. to liberate; to free

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-tt, *-tts, *-ttt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of quitter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive quitter avoir quitté
gerund en quittant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle quittant
past participle quitté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present quit quittes quitte quittons quittez quittent
imperfect quittoie, quitteie, quittoe, quitteve quittoies, quitteies, quittoes, quitteves quittoit, quitteit, quittot, quitteve quittiiens, quittiens quittiiez, quittiez quittoient, quitteient, quittoent, quittevent
preterite quittai quittas quitta quittames quittastes quitterent
future quitterai quitteras quittera quitterons quitteroiz, quittereiz, quitterez quitteront
conditional quitteroie, quittereie quitteroies, quittereies quitteroit, quittereit quitteriiens, quitteriens quitteriiez, quitteriez quitteroient, quittereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present quit quiz quit quittons quittez quittent
imperfect quittasse quittasses quittast quittissons, quittissiens quittissoiz, quittissez, quittissiez quittassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— quitte — quittons quittez —

Descendants

References

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