subit
See also: subît
French edit
Etymology edit
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subit (feminine subite, masculine plural subits, feminine plural subites)
- sudden
- 1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J[acques]-J[ulien] Dubochet et Cie, éditeurs, […], →OCLC:
- 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.
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Descendants edit
- Haitian Creole: sibit
Verb edit
subit
- inflection of subir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular past historic
Further reading edit
- “subit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
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subit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French subit, Latin subitus.
Adjective edit
subit
- sudden, unexpected
- Synonyms: neprevăzut, neașteptat