quitter

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkwɪ.tə/
• Rhymes: -ɪtə(r)
• 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”).

Alternative forms

• quittor, quitture (obsolete)

Noun

quitter (uncountable)

1. (now rare, 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.

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French

Etymology

From quitte or Late Latin quietare ("acquit, discharge, release"), from Latin quiētāre, present active infinitive of quiētō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ki.te/, X-SAMPA: /ki.te/

Verb

quitter

1. to leave, to quit
2. to part

Conjugation

   Conjugation of quitter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		quitter			avoir quitté
gerund		en quittant			en ayant quitté
present participle		quittant
past participle		quitté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	quitte	quittes	quitte	quittons	quittez	quittent
	imperfect	quittais	quittais	quittait	quittions	quittiez	quittaient
	past historic1	quittai	quittas	quitta	quittâmes	quittâtes	quittèrent
	future	quitterai	quitteras	quittera	quitterons	quitterez	quitteront
	conditional	quitterais	quitterais	quitterait	quitterions	quitteriez	quitteraient
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 anterior1	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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	quitte	quittes	quitte	quittions	quittiez	quittent
	imperfect1	quittasse	quittasses	quittât	quittassions	quittassiez	quittassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	quitte	—	quittons	quittez	—
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