remís

Borrowed from Latin remissus.

remís (feminine remisa, masculine plural remisos, feminine plural remises)

1. remiss, slack
2. slow, sluggish

• “remís”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Ellipsis of French voiture de remise (“hire car”, literally “carriage house car”), so-called because originally kept in a carriage house (remise).

remís m (plural remises)

1. (Paraguay, Argentina, uncommon in Uruguay) rental car with a chauffeur

   Synonym: remise