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see|permît
wikipedia|dab=permit
English

Etymology
ME. permitten, from MF. permettre, from L. permittere, to give up or allow

Pronunciation
IPA|/�p��mɪt/ (UK) or /�p�mɪt/ (US)
SAMPA /<tt>"p3:mIt</tt>/ (UK) or /<tt>"p3`mIt</tt>/ (US)
audio|en-us-permit-noun.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal.

Translations
trans-top|An artifact or document rendering something allowed or legal
Czech: povolení n
German: Genehmigung f
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Swedish: tillstånd c
Slovene: dovoljenje n
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Pronunciation
IPA|/p��mɪt/ (UK) or /p��mɪt/ (US)
SAMPA /<tt>p@"mIt</tt>/ (UK) or /<tt>p@`"mIt</tt>/ (US)
audio|en-us-permit-verb.ogg|Audio (US)

Verb
en-verb|permit|t|ing

1. Allow to happen
2. legalize|Legalise

Usage notes
This is a catenative verb that in the active form takes the gerund (-ing), but in passive takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Translations
trans-top|allow to happen
Czech: povolit
German: erlauben, genehmigen, zulassen
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Kurdish: KUchar|�ا���دا�
Russian: позвол��� (pozvol'át') impf, позволи�� (pozvólit') pf; �аз�е�а�� (razr'ešát') impf, �аз�е�и�� (razr'ešit') pf
Slovene: dopustiti, dovoliti
Swedish: t|sv|tillåta
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trans-top|legalize
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Russian: �аз�е�а�� (razr'ešát') impf, �аз�е�и�� (razr'ešit') pf
Swedish: t|sv|legalisera, t|sv|tillåta
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checktrans
ttbc|French: permettre

Derived terms
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permission
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Category:English control verbs
Category:English heteronyms

French

Verb form
permit

1. third-person singular indicative past historic of permettre

Category:Positive words

de:permit
fa:permit
fr:permit
ko:permit
io:permit
id:permit
it:permit
ku:permit
hu:permit
ja:permit
ru:permit
fi:permit
ta:permit
te:permit
vi:permit
zh:permit

• 2007-12-27 15:27 - Daniel Polansky - /* Translations */ +Czech

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