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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin subitus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
subit (feminine subite, masculine plural subits, feminine plural subites)
- sudden
1836, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, chapter XXXV, in Louis Viardot, transl., L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche, volume I, Paris: J-J Dubochet et Cie, 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
Descendants
Verb
subit
- inflection of subir:
- third-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular past historic
Further reading
Latin
Verb
subit
- third-person singular present active indicative of subeō
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French subit, Latin subitus.
Adjective
subit
- sudden, unexpected
- Synonyms: neprevăzut, neașteptat
Declension