permettre
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verb
- to permit, to allowto grant permission or access
- to allow, to enableto provide the means, opportunity, etc.
- to take the liberty
- to afford
Forms
Present
| I | permets |
|---|---|
| you | permets |
| he, she, it | permet |
| we | permettons |
| you (plural) | permettez |
| they | permettent |
Imperfect
| I | permettais |
|---|---|
| you | permettais |
| he, she, it | permettait |
| we | permettions |
| you (plural) | permettiez |
| they | permettaient |
Past historic
| I | permis |
|---|---|
| you | permis |
| he, she, it | permit |
| we | permîmes |
| you (plural) | permîtes |
| they | permirent |
Future
| I | permettrai |
|---|---|
| you | permettras |
| he, she, it | permettra |
| we | permettrons |
| you (plural) | permettrez |
| they | permettront |
Conditional
| I | permettrais |
|---|---|
| you | permettrais |
| he, she, it | permettrait |
| we | permettrions |
| you (plural) | permettriez |
| they | permettraient |
Subjunctive
| I | permette |
|---|---|
| you | permettes |
| he, she, it | permette |
| we | permettions |
| you (plural) | permettiez |
| they | permettent |
Imperfect subjunctive
| I | permisse |
|---|---|
| you | permisses |
| he, she, it | permît |
| we | permissions |
| you (plural) | permissiez |
| they | permissent |
Imperative
| you | permets |
|---|---|
| we | permettons |
| you (plural) | permettez |
Other forms
| infinitive | permettre |
|---|---|
| past participle | permis |
| gerund | permettant |
More forms are in the app.
Used in the library
- À travers le froid qui venait, les premières gelées, les menaces de neige, l'on retardait pourtant et l'on remettait de jour en jour la moisson pour permettre au pauvre grain de dérober encore un peu de force aux sucs de la terre et au tiède soleil.Through the cold that came, the first frosts, the threats of snow, it was delayed, and the harvest was re-established day by day to allow the poor grain to steal a little more force from the sucks of the earth and the warm sun.B1Maria Chapdelaine
- — Le permettra-t-elle?— Will it permit it?B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
- « – M'est-il permis de vous en demander la raison?"Is it permissible for me to ask you why?B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
- Le roi lui permit d'y envoyer sans délai cinq cents familles.The king allowed him to send five hundred families there without delay.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I