répit

See also: repit

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French respit, inherited from Latin respectus. Doublet of respect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.pi/

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Noun

répit m (plural répits)

1. 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

• “répit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• périt, pérît, pétri