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laissez-passer

Language

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Category:English terms borrowed from French#LAISSEZPASSER Category:English terms derived from French#LAISSEZPASSER laissez-passer.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌlɛseɪ ˈpɑːseɪ/Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LAISSEZPASSER

Noun

laissez-passer (plural laissez-passers)Category:English lemmas#LAISSEZPASSER Category:English nouns#LAISSEZPASSER Category:English countable nouns#LAISSEZPASSER Category:English multiword terms#LAISSEZPASSER Category:English entries with incorrect language header#LAISSEZPASSER Category:Pages with entries#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:Pages with 2 entries#LAISSEZ-PASSER

A pass or permit; a document permitting the bearer to travel, sometimes issued as an emergency passport.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 385:
  ‘Find the British Consul, and Jane can claim she lost her money and passport. He'll issue her with some kind of laissez-passer.’
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French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /lɛ.se.pa.se/ ~ /lɛ.se.pɑ.se/ ~ /le.se.pa.se/ ~ /le.se.pɑ.se/Category:French 4-syllable words#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French 4-syllable words#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French 4-syllable words#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French 4-syllable words#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation#LAISSEZ-PASSER

Noun

laissez-passer m (invariable)Category:French lemmas#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French nouns#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French countable nouns#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French indeclinable nouns#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French multiword terms#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French entries with incorrect language header#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:French masculine nouns#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:Pages with entries#LAISSEZ-PASSER Category:Pages with 2 entries#LAISSEZ-PASSER

pass (document granting permission to pass or to go and come)

Descendants

→ English: laissez-passer
→ Hebrew: לסה פסה

Further reading

“laissez-passer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Category:English countable nouns Category:English lemmas Category:English multiword terms Category:English nouns Category:English terms borrowed from French Category:English terms derived from French Category:English terms with IPA pronunciation Category:English terms with quotations Category:French 4-syllable words Category:French countable nouns Category:French indeclinable nouns Category:French lemmas Category:French masculine nouns Category:French multiword terms Category:French nouns Category:French terms with IPA pronunciation Category:Pages with 2 entries Category:Pages with entries Category:Quotation templates to be cleaned