subit

See also: subît

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subitus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bi/

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• Rhymes: -i

Adjective

subit (feminine subite, masculine plural subits, feminine plural subites)

1. 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 C^ie, 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.

Derived terms

• mort subite
• subitement

Verb

subit

1. inflection of subir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. third-person singular past historic

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) subit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of subeō

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French subit, Latin subitus.

Adjective

subit

1. sudden, unexpected

Synonyms

• neprevăzut, neașteptat