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permis

permit, licence

noun pehr-MEE Less Common

Origin: past participle of permettre, Latin permittere

Usage Note

Permis is used for official authorisation documents. The most common compound is permis de conduire (driving licence). Note the final -s is always silent. As an adjective it means 'allowed': c'est permis = 'it's permitted.'

Examples

"Elle a obtenu son permis de conduire hier."

Natural Translation

She got her driving licence yesterday.

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