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vitesse

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See also: Vitesse and vîtesse

French

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Etymology

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    From Old French vistece. By surface analysis, vite +‎ -esse.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    vitesse f (plural vitesses)

    1. speed
    2. (automotive) gear
      à deux vitesses(please add an English translation of this usage example)
      boîte de vitesses(please add an English translation of this usage example)
      en quatrième vitesse(please add an English translation of this usage example)
      passer à la vitesse supérieure(please add an English translation of this usage example)

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Haitian Creole: vitès
    • Mauritian Creole: vites
    • Luxembourgish: Vitesse
    • Romanian: viteză
    • Turkish: vites

    Further reading

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    Anagrams

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    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    From vitet (to have someone carry, transport, or take something (away); to have something carried, transported, or taken (away)) +‎ -je (personal suffix), from the causative of the verb visz.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈvitɛʃːɛ]
    • Hyphenation: vi‧tes‧se

    Verb

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    vitesse

    1. third-person singular subjunctive present definite of vitet
      Vitesse el a szemetét!Have your trash/garbage taken away! (formal conjugation) or Let him/her have their trash taken away!