quitte

See also: Quitte and quitté

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French quitte. Doublet of kwijt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kit/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -it

Adjective

quitte (used only predicatively, not comparable)

1. quits, even

   Hij speelde quitte. ― He broke even.

   Nu jij een ronde hebt betaald staan we weer quitte. ― After you paid a round, we're even again.

References

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “quitte”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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/

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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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

Inherited from Old French quite.

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)