licence

English

Etymology

From Old French licence, from Latin licentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪsəns/

• Audio (AU):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: li‧cence

Noun

licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)

1. (British, Canada, Australia, South Africa) Standard spelling of license.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• artistic licence
• free on license
• licenced
• licentiate

• licentious
• off-licence
• poetic licence
• road fund licence

Translations

license — see license

Verb

1. (UK, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license

Usage notes

• In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, South African 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

license — see license

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Czech

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin licentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪ.tsen.tse/

Noun

licence f

1. licence (UK), license (US)

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin licentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.sɑ̃s/

• audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s
• Homophone: licences

Noun

licence f (plural licences)

1. licence
2. permit, certificate
3. bachelor's degree (more accurately in France Bac+3)

Derived terms

• licencier
  • licenciement
• licencieux

Related terms

• loisir

Further reading

• “licence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Hungarian

Etymology

licenc +‎ -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlit͡sɛnt͡sɛ]
• Hyphenation: li‧cen‧ce

Noun

licence

1. third-person singular (single possession) possessive of licenc

Declension

Inflection (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	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	licencéé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	licencééi	—

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Old French

Noun

licence oblique singular, f (oblique plural licences, nominative singular licence, nominative plural licences)

1. leave; permission to be away, to be not present

Descendants

• French: licence
• → English: licence, license