laisser faire
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French laisser faire.
Adjective[edit]
laisser faire (comparative more laisser faire, superlative most laisser faire)
- Alternative form of laissez faire
Noun[edit]
laisser faire (uncountable)
- Alternative form of laissez faire
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
- (transitive) to let someone do as they please
- Je le laisse faire ce qu’il veut quand il est dans cet état. ― I let him do as he pleases whenever he gets like that.
- (intransitive) not to intervene
- (reflexive) not to react to things done to oneself
- ne pas se laisser faire ― to stand up for oneself
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