subit

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bi/

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• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

subit (feminine singular subite, masculine plural subits, feminine plural subites)

1. sudden
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume 1, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter XXXV:

     Mais ils eurent plus de peine encore à calmer l’hôte, désespéré de la mort subite de ses outres.

     But they had even more difficulty in calming the host, despairing at the sudden death of his wine skins.

Verb

subit

1. third-person singular present indicative of subir
2. third-person singular past historic of subir

Further reading

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

Verb

subit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of subeō