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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch subiet, subijt (“sudden”), from Middle French subit (“sudden”), from Latin subitus (“sudden”) or subitō (“suddenly”).
Already in early modern Dutch the meaning “immediately” appeared. The dialectal sense shift from “immediately” to “later on” is similar to English dialectal drekly from directly.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syˈbit/
- Hyphenation: su‧biet
- Rhymes: -it
Adverb
subiet
- (chiefly Netherlands, formal) immediately, at once
- Synonyms: gelijk, meteen, onmiddellijk, subito
- (Belgium, dialectal) later on
- Synonyms: seffens, straks, direct, later, zo dadelijk, zo meteen
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Franco-Provençal
Noun
subiet (Fribourgeois)
- Alternative form of subllèt (“whistle”)
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