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let

/lɛt/

let down

let in

letverb

let

Past Simple

let

Past Participle

letting

Gerund

/lɛt/

Translations

laisser

She let him borrow her car for the weekend.

Elle l’a laissé emprunter sa voiture pour le week-end.

louerSens britannique : proposer un bien immobilier à la location.

They decided to let their apartment while they were traveling.

Ils ont décidé de louer leur appartement pendant leur voyage.

laisser

He let the soup simmer on the stove for an hour.

Il a laissé la soupe mijoter sur la cuisinière pendant une heure.

laissonsFormule d’invitation ou de suggestion à la première personne du pluriel.

Let us begin the meeting with a brief introduction.

Laissons commencer la réunion par une brève introduction.

Additional translations

faireDans certaines tournures causatives, notamment avec un complément de type « let know ».

soitEn mathématiques et en logique, pour poser une variable ou une hypothèse.

Definitions

To allow or permit someone to do something.

She let him borrow her car for the weekend.

To cause or make something happen.

The manager let the team know about the new project.

To rent out a property to a tenant.

They decided to let their apartment while they were traveling.

To allow something to be in a particular state or condition.

He let the soup simmer on the stove for an hour.

Used to introduce a suggestion, request, or proposal, especially in the first-person plural.

Let us begin the meeting with a brief introduction.

To assume or suppose something for the purposes of argument, calculation, or instruction.

Let x be a positive integer.

Synonyms

Antonyms

letnoun

lets

/lɛt/

Translations

locationSens britannique : bien mis en location.

They were searching for a short-term let close to the university.

Ils cherchaient une location de courte durée près de l’université.

Additional translations

empêchementLangue soutenue, surtout dans la locution figée « without let or hindrance ».

letTennis.

Definitions

A property available for rent, or the act of renting it.

They were searching for a short-term let close to the university.

A hindrance or obstacle (now chiefly found in the fixed phrase “without let or hindrance”).

The travellers crossed the frontier without let or hindrance.

In tennis, a serve that is invalid due to the ball touching the net but still landing in the correct service box, requiring a replay.

The umpire called a let after the ball clipped the net during the serve.

Synonyms

annulled serve

letpast participle

/lɛt/

Used attributively to describe something that has been rented out.

Translations

louéSens immobilier : occupé par des locataires.

The office building is fully let.

L’immeuble de bureaux est entièrement loué.

Definitions

Rented out; occupied by tenants.

The office building is fully let.

Synonyms