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[Appendix:Variations of "let"]
** English
[wp]
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en] [when followed by "me"; see also lemme]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Etymology 1
[en], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en].
[2] Cognate with [sco], [sco], [frr], [fy], [nl], [de], [sv], [da], [is], [sq]
and partially related to French [fr]. [col-bottom]
**** Verb
[lets]
1. [en] To allow to, not to prevent [+ infinitive, but usually without [en]] .
2. * [Exodus]
3. * [act=IV]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1971 | author=w:Ursula K. Le Guin | title=w:The Tombs of Atuan
|passage=He could not be LET<!--sic--> die of thirst there alone in the
dark.}}
1. * [en]
2. [en] To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone .
3. * [book=II]
4. [en] To allow the release of (a fluid).
5. [en] To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent .
6. * [en]
7. [en] To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with _out_ .
8. [en] [Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.]
9. [en] To cause [+ bare infinitive] .
10. * [6.4]
11. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1818 | author=w:John Keats | title=To—
|passage=Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to
and fro LET creep the sand[nb...].}}
1. * [chapter=The Ponds]
***** Usage notes
- The use of “let” to introduce an imperative may sometimes be confused with its use, _as its own imperative_ , in the sense of “to allow”. For example, the sentence “ LET me go to the store.” could either be a second-person imperative of “let” (addressing someone who might prevent the speaker from going to the store) or a first-person singular imperative of “go” (not implying any such preventer).
***** Synonyms
- [to allow] [en] , [en]
***** Derived terms
{{col3|en|bloodlet|lettable|letter|lettor|relet|unlet |buy-to-let,buy to let
|don't let the bedbugs bite |don't let the door hit you on the way out |forlet
|if it's yellow let it mellow |inlet |let alone |let a thousand flowers bloom
|let be |let blood |let bygones be bygones |let down |let drive |let fluffy
off the chain|let crazy stick its dick in you|let into|let one's nuts hang|let
this cup pass from me|let through|ship and let ship |let fly |let George do it
|let go|let me tell you|let us see |let her rip |let he who is without sin
cast the first stone |let him that is without sin cast the first stone |let
him who is without sin cast the first stone |let in |let in on |let it all
hang out |let it alone |let it be |let it be known |let it snow |let know |let
lie |let loose |let me count the ways |let me see |let nature take her course
|let Nature take its course |let nature take its course |let-off |let off |let
off steam |let on |let one go |let one loose |let one off |let one rip |let
one's guard down |let one's hair down |let one's short back and sides down
|let out |let past |let rip |let's |let sleeping dogs lie |let slide |let slip
|let someone have it |let someone loose |let something ride |let something
slip |let the buyer beware |let the cat out |let the cat out of the bag |let
the chips fall where they may |let the cobbler stick to his last |let the
devil out |let the dice fall where they may |let the dog see the rabbit |let
the door hit you where the good Lord split you |let the good times roll |let
the grass grow round one's feet |let the grass grow under one's feet |let the
matter drop |let them have it |let the perfect be the enemy of the good |let
there be light |let the sleeping dogs lie |let up |let us |let us count the
ways |let us go |let well alone |let well enough alone |live-and-let-live
|live and let live |offlet |outlet |re-let |sublet |take the cash and let the
credit go |to let |underlet }}
***** Translations
[allow]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Aromanian: [rup] , [rup]
- Asturian: [ast]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] [let go] , [be] , [be]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da] , [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo] , [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Friulian: [fur]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka] , [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el] , [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Interlingua: [ia]
- Istriot: [ist]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] [causative form]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Ladin: [lld]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la] , [la] , [la] , [la]
- Latvian: [lv] , [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Livonian: [liv]
- Lombard: [lmo]
- Macedonian: [mk]
- Mbyá Guaraní: [gun]
- Neapolitan: [nap]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Occitan: [oc] , [oc]
- Old English: [ang]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Piedmontese: [pms]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Quechua: [qu] , [qu]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm] , [rm] , [rm]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] [let go] , [ru] , [ru]
- Sardinian: [sc] , [sc]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh] , [sh]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl] , [tl]
- Telugu: [te]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Tibetan: [bo]
- Tocharian B: [txb] , [txb]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] [let go] , [uk] , [uk]
- Venetan: [vec]
- Vietnamese: [vi] , [vi]
- Walloon: [wa] , [wa]
- Welsh: [cy]
- White Hmong: [mww]
- Yiddish: [yi]
- Zhuang: [za]
[trans-bottom]
[leave]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
[trans-bottom]
[allow the release of (a fluid)]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
[trans-bottom]
[put up for rent]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt] , [lt]
- Norwegian: [no]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Walloon: [wa]
[trans-bottom]
[introducing an imperative]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Polish: [pl]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
[trans-bottom]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent .
2. * [en]
***** Derived terms
- [en]
*** Etymology 2
[en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. Akin to [ang], [nl], [ang]. More at
late, delay.
**** Verb
[let]
1. [en] To hinder , prevent , impede , hamper , cumber ; to obstruct [someone or something] .
2. * [2 Thessalonians]
3. * [page=152]
4. [en] To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
5. * [en]
6. * [Acts]
7. [en] To tarry or delay .
8. * [en]
**** Noun
[en-noun]
1. An obstacle or hindrance .
2. * [volume=II]
3. * [book=3]
4. * [chapter=16]
5. [en] The hindrance caused by the net during serve , only if the ball falls legally.
***** Derived terms
- [en]
***** Translations
[hindrance]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
[trans-bottom]
[hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Maori: [mi]
[trans-bottom]
*** References
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language (see http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/let_v)
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Champenois
*** Alternative forms
- [roa-cha]
- [roa-cha]
*** Etymology
[roa-cha], from [roa-cha].
*** Pronunciation
- [roa-cha]
*** Noun
[roa-cha]
1. [roa-cha] bed
*** References
- [R:roa-cha:Daunay]
- [R:roa-cha:Baudouin]
** Czech
[lang=cs]
*** Pronunciation
- [cs-IPA]
- [cs]
- [cs]
*** Etymology 1
[cs].
**** Noun
[m-in]
1. flight [the act of flying]
***** Declension
[m]
***** Related terms
{{col|cs |letět |letový }}
*** Etymology 2
[nonlemma]
**** Noun
[cs]
1. [cs]
*** Further reading
- [R:cs:PSJC]
- [R:cs:SSJC]
- [R:cs:IJP]
** Danish
*** Etymology 1
[da], from [da], cognate with [sv], [en] and [de].
**** Pronunciation
- [da]
**** Adjective
[lette]
1. light [not heavy]
2. easy
3. slight
4. mild
***** Inflection
[lett]
***** Synonyms
- [easy] [da] , [da]
**** Adverb
[da-adv]
1. lightly
2. easily
3. slightly
4. mildly
**** References
- [let,2]
*** Etymology 2
Abbreviation of [da].
**** Pronunciation
- [da]
**** Noun
[en]
1. low-fat milk
***** Declension
[en]
**** References
- [let,1]
*** Etymology 3
[nonlemma]
**** Pronunciation
- [da]
**** Verb
[da]
1. [da]
*** Etymology 4
[nonlemma]
**** Pronunciation
- [da]
**** Verb
[da]
1. [da]
** Dutch
*** Pronunciation
- [nl]
- [nl]
*** Verb
[nl]
1. [nl]
*** Anagrams
- [nl]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [lète]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Interjection
[fr-intj]
1. [fr] [indicates a let on service]
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Friulian
*** Etymology
[fur], perfect passive participle of [la].
*** Verb
[fur]
1. [fur]
** Gothic
*** Romanization
[head=lēt]
1. [got]
** Irish
*** Alternative forms
- [ga]
*** Pronunciation
- [ga]
*** Contraction
[ga]
1. [ga] [ga]
**** Related terms
[ga-preposition contractions]
** North Frisian
*** Alternative forms
- [frr]
- [frr]
*** Etymology
[frr], from [frr].
*** Pronunciation
- [frr]
*** Verb
[frr]
1. [frr] to [en]
**** Conjugation
[inf_2=leten]
** Norwegian Bokmål
*** Etymology 1
[nb], related to [non].
**** Noun
[nb-noun-m1]
1. color / colour
***** Synonyms
- [nb]
***** Derived terms
- [nb]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[nb]
1. [nb]
*** References
- [R:The Bokmål Dictionary]
** Norwegian Nynorsk
*** Etymology 1
[nn], from [nn], [gem-pro]. Related to [non].
**** Alternative forms
- [2012] [nn]
**** Noun
[nn-noun-m2]
1. color / colour
***** Derived terms
- [nn]
- [nn]
*** Etymology 2
**** Verb
[nn]
1. [nn]
2. [nn]
3. [nn]
4. [nn]
*** Etymology 3
**** Verb
[nn]
1. [nn]
*** Further reading
- [R:ND]
*** Anagrams
- [nn]
** Old English
*** Pronunciation
- [lēt]
*** Verb
[ang]
1. [ang]
** Serbo-Croatian
*** Etymology
[sh].
*** Pronunciation
- [lȇt]
*** Noun
[lȇt]
1. flight
**** Declension
{{sh-decl-noun |lȇt|létovi |leta|lètōvā |letu|letovima |let|letove
|lete|letovi |letu|letovima |letom|letovima }}[sh]
**** Related terms
- [sh]
*** References
- [e19iXxA%3D]
** Slovene
*** Etymology
[sl].
*** Pronunciation
- [lȅt]
*** Noun
[lȅt]
1. flight
**** Declension
[lèt]
** Tok Pisin
*** Etymology
[tpi].
*** Noun
[tpi]
1. leather
2. strap [of leather]
3. belt