répit
See also: repit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French respit, inherited from Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
répit m (plural répits)
- respite, relief (brief interval of rest or relief), break
- 1960, “Les deux guitares”, performed by Charles Aznavour:
- Deux tziganes sans répit / Grattent leur guitare / Ranimant du fond des nuits / Toute ma mémoire
- Two Gypsies ceaselessly [without respite] / Strum their guitars / Reawakening from the depths of night / All my memories
Further reading edit
- “répit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.