different between quits vs puits

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kw?ts/
• Rhymes: -?ts

Adjective

quits

1. (colloquial, Britain) On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed.

   Here's the last of the money you lent me. We're quits now, right?

Synonyms

• all even
• even
• even-steven

Derived terms

• call it quits
• double or quits

Translations

Verb

quits

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quit

Etymology 2

Noun

quits

1. plural of quit

Anagrams

• Quist, quist, squit

English

Etymology

French puits (“well”)

Pronunciation

Noun

1. plural of puit

Anagrams

• sit up, sit-up, situp

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French puis, from Latin puteus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *paw- (“to strike”). The t was added back in Middle French to reflect the original Latin spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i/
• Homophones: puis, puy

Noun

puits m (plural puits)

1. well, shaft

Derived terms

• puiser
• puits artésien
• puits de pétrole
• puits de science
• puits sans fond

Further reading

• “puits” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).