permettre

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to permit, to allow (to grant permission or access)
  2. (transitive) to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.)
  3. (reflexive) to take the liberty
  4. (reflexive) to afford

Opposite of
défendre, empêcher, interdire
Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɛʁ.mɛtʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French permettre, borrowed from Latin permittere, based on French mettre.

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