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Inherited from Middle French Category:French terms inherited from Middle French#LAISSER Category:French terms derived from Middle French#LAISSER laisser, from Old French Category:French terms inherited from Old French#LAISSER Category:French terms derived from Old French#LAISSER lesser, lessier, laissier (“to let, let go, leave”), from Latin Category:French terms inherited from Latin#LAISSER Category:French terms derived from Latin#LAISSER laxāre (“to relax, loosen”); possibly partly from or influenced by Old High German Category:French terms derived from Old High German#LAISSER lāzan (“to let, let go, leave”) (German lassen), from Proto-West Germanic Category:French terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#LAISSER *lātan (“to let, leave, leave alone”). More at slack.

Conflated also with Old French laiier (“to leave, abandon, allow”) (compare Old Occitan laihar, laiar, Old Northern Italian lagare), also of Germanic origin, from Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan, “to lay, let lie, leave”), from Proto-Germanic Category:French terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LAISSER *lagjaną (“to lay”).

Cognates

Cognate with Old English slæc (“slack”), Italian lasciare (“to leave, let, allow”).

Pronunciation

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(transitive Category:French transitive verbs#LAISSER) to leave, to leave behind
Laissez le pistolet sur la table
Leave the gun on the table
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(transitive Category:French transitive verbs#LAISSER) to forget, to leave alone
(transitive Category:French transitive verbs#LAISSER) to leave with, to give
(transitive Category:French transitive verbs#LAISSER) to let, to allow
(reflexive Category:French reflexive verbs#LAISSER, se laisser) to allow oneself, to let oneself

Conjugation

Conjugation of laisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	laisser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	laissant /lɛ.sɑ̃/ or /le.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		laissé /lɛ.se/ or /le.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	laisse /lɛs/	laisses /lɛs/	laisse /lɛs/	laissons /lɛ.sɔ̃/ or /le.sɔ̃/	laissez /lɛ.se/ or /le.se/	laissent /lɛs/
	imperfect	laissais /lɛ.sɛ/ or /le.sɛ/	laissais /lɛ.sɛ/ or /le.sɛ/	laissait /lɛ.sɛ/ or /le.sɛ/	laissions /lɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /le.sjɔ̃/	laissiez /lɛ.sje/ or /le.sje/	laissaient /lɛ.sɛ/ or /le.sɛ/
	past historic²	laissai /lɛ.se/ or /le.se/	laissas /lɛ.sa/ or /le.sa/	laissa /lɛ.sa/ or /le.sa/	laissâmes /lɛ.sam/ or /le.sam/	laissâtes /lɛ.sat/ or /le.sat/	laissèrent /lɛ.sɛʁ/ or /le.sɛʁ/
	future	laisserai /lɛ.sʁe/ or /le.sʁe/	laisseras /lɛ.sʁa/ or /le.sʁa/	laissera /lɛ.sʁa/ or /le.sʁa/	laisserons /lɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /le.sʁɔ̃/	laisserez /lɛ.sʁe/ or /le.sʁe/	laisseront /lɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /le.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	laisserais /lɛ.sʁɛ/ or /le.sʁɛ/	laisserais /lɛ.sʁɛ/ or /le.sʁɛ/	laisserait /lɛ.sʁɛ/ or /le.sʁɛ/	laisserions /lɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /le.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	laisseriez /lɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /le.sə.ʁje/	laisseraient /lɛ.sʁɛ/ or /le.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	laisse /lɛs/	laisses /lɛs/	laisse /lɛs/	laissions /lɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /le.sjɔ̃/	laissiez /lɛ.sje/ or /le.sje/	laissent /lɛs/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	laissasse /lɛ.sas/ or /le.sas/	laissasses /lɛ.sas/ or /le.sas/	laissât /lɛ.sa/ or /le.sa/	laissassions /lɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /le.sa.sjɔ̃/	laissassiez /lɛ.sa.sje/ or /le.sa.sje/	laissassent /lɛ.sas/ or /le.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	laisse /lɛs/	—	laissons /lɛ.sɔ̃/ or /le.sɔ̃/	laissez /lɛ.se/ or /le.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Category:French verbs with conjugation -er#LAISSER Category:French first group verbs#LAISSER

Conjugation of se laisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	s'être + past participle
infinitive	simple	se laisser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	se laissant /sə lɛ.sɑ̃/ or /sə le.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		laissé /lɛ.se/ or /le.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me laisse /mə lɛs/	te laisses /tə lɛs/	se laisse /sə lɛs/	nous laissons /nu lɛ.sɔ̃/ or /nu le.sɔ̃/	vous laissez /vu lɛ.se/ or /vu le.se/	se laissent /sə lɛs/
	imperfect	me laissais /mə lɛ.sɛ/ or /mə le.sɛ/	te laissais /tə lɛ.sɛ/ or /tə le.sɛ/	se laissait /sə lɛ.sɛ/ or /sə le.sɛ/	nous laissions /nu lɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu le.sjɔ̃/	vous laissiez /vu lɛ.sje/ or /vu le.sje/	se laissaient /sə lɛ.sɛ/ or /sə le.sɛ/
	past historic²	me laissai /mə lɛ.se/ or /mə le.se/	te laissas /tə lɛ.sa/ or /tə le.sa/	se laissa /sə lɛ.sa/ or /sə le.sa/	nous laissâmes /nu lɛ.sam/ or /nu le.sam/	vous laissâtes /vu lɛ.sat/ or /vu le.sat/	se laissèrent /sə lɛ.sɛʁ/ or /sə le.sɛʁ/
	future	me laisserai /mə lɛ.sʁe/ or /mə le.sʁe/	te laisseras /tə lɛ.sʁa/ or /tə le.sʁa/	se laissera /sə lɛ.sʁa/ or /sə le.sʁa/	nous laisserons /nu lɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /nu le.sʁɔ̃/	vous laisserez /vu lɛ.sʁe/ or /vu le.sʁe/	se laisseront /sə lɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /sə le.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me laisserais /mə lɛ.sʁɛ/ or /mə le.sʁɛ/	te laisserais /tə lɛ.sʁɛ/ or /tə le.sʁɛ/	se laisserait /sə lɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sə le.sʁɛ/	nous laisserions /nu lɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu le.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous laisseriez /vu lɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /vu le.sə.ʁje/	se laisseraient /sə lɛ.sʁɛ/ or /sə le.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me laisse /mə lɛs/	te laisses /tə lɛs/	se laisse /sə lɛs/	nous laissions /nu lɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /nu le.sjɔ̃/	vous laissiez /vu lɛ.sje/ or /vu le.sje/	se laissent /sə lɛs/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	me laissasse /mə lɛ.sas/ or /mə le.sas/	te laissasses /tə lɛ.sas/ or /tə le.sas/	se laissât /sə lɛ.sa/ or /sə le.sa/	nous laissassions /nu lɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /nu le.sa.sjɔ̃/	vous laissassiez /vu lɛ.sa.sje/ or /vu le.sa.sje/	se laissassent /sə lɛ.sas/ or /sə le.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	laisse-toi /lɛs.twa/	—	laissons-nous /lɛ.sɔ̃.nu/ or /le.sɔ̃.nu/	laissez-vous /lɛ.se.vu/ or /le.se.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Related terms

lâcher

Descendants

→ Breton: lezel

Anagrams

liséras, lissera, sérails, sileras

Middle French

to allow; to permit
to leave (not take)
to leave alone (not interfere)
- 1488, Jean Dupré, Lancelot du Lac, page 74:
  [ie] vous prie que vous me laissiez ceste bataille
  I beg of you to let me go into this battle alone
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Conjugation

Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of laisser

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	laisser
present participle¹ or gerund²	simple	laissant
present participle¹ or gerund²	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		laissé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	laisse	laisses	laisse	laissons	laissez	laissent
	imperfect	laissois, laissoys	laissois, laissoys	laissoit, laissoyt	laissions, laissyons	laissiez, laissyez	laissoient, laissoyent
	past historic	laissa	laissas	laissa	laissasmes	laissastes	laisserent
	future	laisserai, laisseray	laisseras	laissera	laisserons	laisserez	laisseront
	conditional	laisserois, laisseroys	laisserois, laisseroys	laisseroit, laisseroyt	laisserions, laisseryons	laisseriez, laisseryez	laisseroient, laisseroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	laisse	laisses	laisse	laissons	laissez	laissent
(simple tenses)	imperfect	laissasse	laissasses	laissast	laissassions	laissassiez	laissassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	laisse	—	laissons	laissez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
² The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Category:Middle French first group verbs#LAISSER

Synonyms

(permit): laire
(leave alone): laire

Derived terms

delaisser

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French: laisser
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