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Webster 1913 Edition
Quitter
Quit′ter
(kwĭt′tẽr)
, Noun.
1.
One who quits.
2.
A deliverer.
[Obs.]
Ainsworth.
Webster 1828 Edition
Quitter
QUIT'TER.
n.1.
One who quits.2.
A deliverer. [Not in use.]3.
Scoria of tin.Definition 2025
quitter
quitter
English
Alternative forms
Noun
quitter (uncountable)
- (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.
- 1395, John Wycliffe, Bible, Job II:
- (farriery) A fistulous wound at the top of a horse's foot resulting from bruises, pricks, or neglected corns.
- (obsolete) Scoria of tin.
Verb
quitter (third-person singular simple present quitters, present participle quittering, simple past and past participle quittered)
Etymology 2
Noun
quitter (plural quitters)
French
Etymology
From quitte or Late Latin quietare ("acquit, discharge, release"), from Latin quiētāre, present active infinitive of quiētō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.te/
Verb
quitter
Conjugation
Conjugation of quitter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | quitter | avoir quitté | |||||
| gerund | en quittant | en ayant quitté | |||||
| present participle | quittant /ki.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | quitté /ki.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | quitte /kit/ |
quittes /kit/ |
quitte /kit/ |
quittons /ki.tɔ̃/ |
quittez /ki.te/ |
quittent /kit/ |
| imperfect | quittais /ki.tɛ/ |
quittais /ki.tɛ/ |
quittait /ki.tɛ/ |
quittions /ki.tjɔ̃/ |
quittiez /ki.tje/ |
quittaient /ki.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | quittai /ki.te/ |
quittas /ki.ta/ |
quitta /ki.ta/ |
quittâmes /ki.tam/ |
quittâtes /ki.tat/ |
quittèrent /ki.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | quitterai /ki.tʁe/ |
quitteras /ki.tʁa/ |
quittera /ki.tʁa/ |
quitterons /ki.tʁɔ̃/ |
quitterez /ki.tʁe/ |
quitteront /ki.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | quitterais /ki.tʁɛ/ |
quitterais /ki.tʁɛ/ |
quitterait /ki.tʁɛ/ |
quitterions /ki.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
quitteriez /ki.tə.ʁje/ |
quitteraient /ki.tʁɛ/ |
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| 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 /kit/ |
quittes /kit/ |
quitte /kit/ |
quittions /ki.tjɔ̃/ |
quittiez /ki.tje/ |
quittent /kit/ |
| imperfect1 |
quittasse /ki.tas/ |
quittasses /ki.tas/ |
quittât /ki.ta/ |
quittassions /ki.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
quittassiez /ki.ta.sje/ |
quittassent /ki.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | quitte /kit/ |
— | quittons /ki.tɔ̃/ |
quittez /ki.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
quitter
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of quitter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | quitter | avoir quitté | |||||
| gerund | en quittant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | quittant | ||||||
| past participle | quitté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | quitte | quittes | quitte | quittons | quittez | quittent |
| imperfect | quittois, quittoys | quittois, quittoys | quittoit, quittoyt | quittions, quittyons | quittiez, quittyez | quittoient, quittoyent | |
| past historic | quitta | quittas | quitta | quittasmes | quittastes | quitterent | |
| future | quitterai, quitteray | quitteras | quittera | quitterons | quitterez | quitteront | |
| conditional | quitterois, quitteroys | quitterois, quitteroys | quitteroit, quitteroyt | quitterions, quitteryons | quitteriez, quitteryez | quitteroient, quitteroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | quitte | quittes | quitte | quittons | quittez | quittent |
| imperfect | quittasse | quittasses | quittast | quittassions | quittassiez | quittassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | quitte | — | quittons | quittez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: quitter
References
- quitter on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (quitter, supplement)
Old French
Verb
quitter
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-tt, *-tts, *-ttt are modified to t, z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of quitter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | quitter | avoir quitté | |||||
| gerund | en quittant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | quittant | ||||||
| past participle | quitté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | quit | quittes | quitte | quittons | quittez | quittent |
| imperfect | quittoie, quitteie, quittoe, quitteve | quittoies, quitteies, quittoes, quitteves | quittoit, quitteit, quittot, quitteve | quittiiens, quittiens | quittiiez, quittiez | quittoient, quitteient, quittoent, quittevent | |
| preterite | quittai | quittas | quitta | quittames | quittastes | quitterent | |
| future | quitterai | quitteras | quittera | quitterons | quitteroiz, quittereiz, quitterez | quitteront | |
| conditional | quitteroie, quittereie | quitteroies, quittereies | quitteroit, quittereit | quitteriiens, quitteriens | quitteriiez, quitteriez | quitteroient, quittereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | quit | quiz | quit | quittons | quittez | quittent |
| imperfect | quittasse | quittasses | quittast | quittissons, quittissiens | quittissoiz, quittissez, quittissiez | quittassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | quitte | — | quittons | quittez | — | ||
Descendants
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (quitter, supplement)
- quitter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub