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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|permistion|permixtion||obsolete}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|en|enm|permision}}, {{m|enm|permission}}, {{m|enm|permissioun}}, {{m|enm|permyssion}}, from {{der|en|frm|permission}}, from {{der|en|la|permissiō}}. Mostly replaced native English {{m|ang|leave}}, from {{ncog|ang|lēaf||permission}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|pərmĭ'shən|a=RP}}, {{IPA|en|/pəˈmɪʃən/}}
* {{enPR|pərmĭ'shən|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/pɚˈmɪʃən/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-permission.ogg|a=GA}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪʃən|s=3}}
* {{hyphenation|en|per|mis|sion}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# [[authorisation]]; [[consent]] ([[especially]] [[formal]] consent from [[someone]] in [[authority]])
#: {{ux|en|Sire, do I have your '''permission''' to execute this traitor?}}
# The [[act]] of permitting.
# {{lb|en|computing}} Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
#: {{ux|en|I used the "chmod" command to change the file's '''permission'''.}}

====Antonyms====
* {{l|en|prohibition}}

====Derived terms====
{{der3|en|permissible|permissioning|permissive|it's better to ask forgiveness than permission|it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission|permission slip|planning permission}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|permit}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|authorisation}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|leje|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|تَصْرِيح|m}}, {{t|ar|سَمَاح|m}}, {{t|ar|إِجَازَة|f}}, {{t|ar|رُخْصَة|f}}, {{t|ar|رُخُصَة|f}}, {{t+|ar|إِذْن|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|թույլտվություն}}
* Avar: {{t|av|изну}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|icazə}}, {{t+|az|izin}}, {{t|az|müsaidə}}
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|рөхсәт}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|дазво́л|m}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|অনুমতি|tr=onumoti}}, {{t+|bn|ইজাজত|tr=ijajot}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|разреше́ние|n}}, {{t+|bg|позволе́ние|n}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|အခွင့်}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|permís|m}}, {{t+|ca|autorització|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t+|yue|許可}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|許可|tr=xǔkě}}, {{t+|cmn|授權|tr=shòuquán}}, {{t+|cmn|允許|tr=yúnxǚ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|povolení|n}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tilladelse|c}}, {{t+|da|lov|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|toestemming|f}}, {{t+|nl|toelating|f}}, {{t+|nl|permissie|f}}, {{t+|nl|verlof|n}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|permeso}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|luba}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|loyvi|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikeus}}, {{t+|fi|lupa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|permission|f}}, {{t+|fr|permis|m}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|permiso|m}}, {{t+|gl|licenza|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ნებართვა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Erlaubnis|f}}, {{t+|de|Gestattung|f}}, {{t+|de|Genehmigung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άδεια|f}}, {{t+|el|έγκριση|f}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|הֶתֵּר|m|tr=hetér}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|अनुमति|f}}, {{t|hi|इजाज़त|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|engedély}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|leyfi|f}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|darfo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|izin}}, {{t+|id|keizinan}}, {{t+|id|perkenan}}, {{t+|id|permisi}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|permesso|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|許可|tr=きょか, kyoka}}, {{t+|ja|認可|tr=にんか, ninka}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|рұқсат}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|អធិក្រឹតិ}}, {{t+|km|អនុញ្ញាត}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|허가(許可)}}, {{t+|ko|인가(認可)}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|îcaze}}, {{t+|kmr|izin}}, {{t+|kmr|destûr}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|уруксат}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ການອະນຸຍາດ}}, {{t|lo|ອະນຸຍາດ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|permissio|f}}, {{t|la|concessus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|atļauja|f}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|leidimas|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|дозвола}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|kebenaran}}, {{t+|ms|izin}}, {{t+|ms|keizinan}}, {{t|ms|perkenan}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അനുമതി}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|зөвшөөрөл}}
* Ngazidja Comorian: {{t|zdj|idhini|c9}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|tillatelse|m}}, {{t|nb|permisjon|m}}
* Old English: {{t+|ang|lēaf|f}}
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|اذن|tr=izn}}, {{t|ota|رخصت|tr=ruhsat}}, {{t|ota|مساعده|tr=müsâʼade}}, {{t|ota|اجازت|tr=icazet}}, {{t|ota|دستور|tr=düstur}}
* Pashto: {{t+|ps|اجازت|m|tr=ejāzat}}, {{t+|ps|اجازه|f|tr=ejāza}}, {{t+|ps|اذن|m|tr=ezn}}, {{t+|ps|رخصت|m|tr=roxsat}}
* Persian:
*: Classical Persian: {{t+|fa-cls|اِجَازَه}}, {{t+|fa-cls|رُخْصَت}}, {{t+|fa-cls|اِذْن}}
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|اِجازِه}}, {{t+|fa-ira|رُخْصَت}}, {{t+|fa-ira|اِذْن}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pozwolenie|n}}, {{t|pl|dozwolenie|n}}, {{t+|pl|zezwolenie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|permissão|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|permisiune|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|разреше́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|позволе́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|до̏звола|f}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dȍzvola|f}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|povolenie|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dovoljênje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|permiso|m}}, {{t+|es|venia}}, {{t+|es|beneplácito}}, {{t|es|permisión|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|idhini}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tillåtelse|c}}, {{t+|sv|tillstånd|n}}, {{t+|sv|medgivande|c}}, {{t+|sv|lov|c|n}}
* Tabasaran: {{t|tab|ихтияр}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|иҷозат}}, {{t|tg|рухсат}}, {{t|tg|изн}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|அனுமதி}}
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|рөхсәт}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|అనుమతి}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|การอนุญาต}}, {{t+|th|อนุญาต}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|plāki}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|izin}}, {{t+|tr|müsaade}}, {{t+|tr|ruhsat}}, {{t+|tr|icazet}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|rugsat}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|до́звіл|m}}, {{t|uk|дозволя́ння|n}}
* Urdu: {{t+|ur|اِجازَت|f}}, {{t+|ur|رُخْصَت|f}}, {{t|ur|اِذْن|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|ئىجازەت}}, {{t|ug|رۇخسەت}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|ijozat}}, {{t+|uz|ruxsat}}, {{t+|uz|izn}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|cho phép|alt=sự cho phép}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|caniatâd|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|act of permitting}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|թույլտվություն}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|позволе́ние|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|授權|tr=shòuquán}}, {{t+|cmn|允許|tr=yúnxǚ}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|tilladelse|c}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lupa}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ნებართვის მიცემა}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άδεια|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|megengedés}}, {{t+|hu|engedélyezés}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|permesso}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|許可|tr=きょか, kyoka}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|അനുവാദം}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|pozwolenie|n}}, {{t|pl|dozwolenie|n}}, {{t+|pl|zezwolenie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|permissão|f}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|permitere|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|разреше́ние|n}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dovoljênje|n}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|permisión|f}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|idhini}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|tillåtelse}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|అనుమతి}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|izin}}, {{t+|tr|müsaade}}
* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|до́звіл|m}}, {{t|uk|дозволя́ння|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|in computing}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|oikeudet}}, {{t|fi|käyttöoikeudet}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άδεια|f}}, {{t+|el|δικαίωμα|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|permissão|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|permiso|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|rättigheter}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To grant or obtain [[authorization]] for.
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Writing and Developing Your College Textbook| page=190| url=https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0972816402| author=Mary Ellen Lepionka| year=2003 | passage=Photographs also must be '''permissioned''' and credited, although a corpus of copyright-free images does exist online.}}

===See also===
* [[clearance#English-permission to use|clearance]]

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|File system permissions}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=eiimnoprss|impression}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|fr|la|permissiō|permissiōnem}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-permission.ogg}}

===Noun===
{{fr-noun|f}}

# {{l|en|permission}}
# military leave
#: ''Ces soldats sont en '''permission''', s’en vont en '''permission''', reviennent de '''permission'''.

====Related terms====
* {{l|fr|permettre}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}