quiter

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French quitter (“to liberate”); equivalent to modern French quitte + -er.

Verb

quiter

  1. to leave (to depart; to cease to be a part of)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of quiter
infinitive simple quiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple quitant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle quité
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present quite quites quite quitons quitez quitent
imperfect quitois, quitoys quitois, quitoys quitoit, quitoyt quitions, quityons quitiez, quityez quitoient, quitoyent
past historic quita quitas quita quitasmes quitastes quiterent
future quiterai, quiteray quiteras quitera quiterons quiterez quiteront
conditional quiterois, quiteroys quiterois, quiteroys quiteroit, quiteroyt quiterions, quiteryons quiteriez, quiteryez quiteroient, quiteroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present quite quites quite quitons quitez quitent
imperfect quitasse quitasses quitast quitassions quitassiez quitassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — quite — quitons quitez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants
  • French: quitter

Further reading
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