licence
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French licence, from Latin licentia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)
Derived terms[edit]
- artistic licence
- off-licence
- free on license
- licenced
- licentiate
- licentious
- poetic licence
- road fund licence
Translations[edit]
license — see license
Verb[edit]
licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced)
- (Britain, Canada, nonstandard) Alternative form of license
Usage notes[edit]
- In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelled licence and the verb is license.
- The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.
Translations[edit]
license — see license
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
licence f
Declension[edit]
Declension of licence
External links[edit]
- licence in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- licence in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
licence f (plural licences)
- licence
- permit, certificate
- bachelor’s degree (more accurately in France Bac+3)
External links[edit]
- “licence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
licenc + -e (“possessive suffix”)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
licence
- third-person singular (single possession) possessive of licenc
Declension[edit]
Inflection of licence (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | licence | — |
| accusative | licencét | — |
| dative | licencének | — |
| instrumental | licencével | — |
| causal-final | licencéért | — |
| translative | licencévé | — |
| terminative | licencéig | — |
| essive-formal | licenceként | — |
| essive-modal | licencéül | — |
| inessive | licencében | — |
| superessive | licencén | — |
| adessive | licencénél | — |
| illative | licencébe | — |
| sublative | licencére | — |
| allative | licencéhez | — |
| elative | licencéből | — |
| delative | licencéről | — |
| ablative | licencétől | — |
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
licence f (oblique plural licences, nominative singular licence, nominative plural licences)
- leave; permission to be away, to be not present
Descendants[edit]
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- British English
- Canadian English
- Australian English
- English verbs
- English nonstandard terms
- Czech terms derived from Latin
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian noun forms
- Old French lemmas
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns