quitte
French, adjective
quitte is spelled Q-U-I-T-T-E (6 letters) and appears 48 times per million words in written French, the 1,739th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quitte is a French adjective meaning “quits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of quitter. With an accent, quitté is a different word: “past participle of quitter”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Libéré d’une dette, d’une obligation, d’un devoir moral”.
What does quitte mean in English?
adjective
- 1
quits
- 2
play quitte, play even, play without winning or losing, a draw
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of quitter
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Libéré d’une dette, d’une obligation, d’un devoir moral. 2. Délivré, débarrassé de quelque chose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of quitte
- quittes plural
- quittée feminine
- quittés masculine plural
- quittées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to quitte
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quitte in French?
quitte appears 48 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).