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Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh1d- (“to be tired, leave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).

Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Portuguese: obstáculo — hindrance
• Serbo-Croatian: prepreka — hindrance
• French: filet — hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis
• German: Netzball — hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis
• Māori: tukurua — hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis
• Albanian: lë — allow
• Arabic: سَمَحَ (samaḥa) — allow
• Arabic: دَعَّ (daʕʕa) — allow
• Arabic: خلَى (ḵella) — allow
• Armenian: թողնել (tʻoġnel) — allow
• Aromanian: alas — allow
• Aromanian: las — allow
• Asturian: dexar — allow
• Bangi: tika — allow
• Belarusian: пуска́ць (puskácʹ) — allow
• Belarusian: пусці́ць (puscícʹ) — allow
• Belarusian: дазваля́ць (dazvaljácʹ) — allow
• Belarusian: дазво́ліць (dazvólicʹ) — allow
• Breton: lezel — allow
• Bulgarian: позволявам (pozvoljavam) — allow
• Catalan: permetre — allow
• Catalan: deixar — allow
• Chinese Mandarin: 讓 /让 (ràng) — allow
• Czech: nechat — allow
• Czech: dovolit — allow
• Danish: tillade — allow
• Danish: lade — allow
• Dutch: laten — allow
• Dutch: toestaan — allow
• Esperanto: lasi — allow
• Esperanto: permesi — allow
• Estonian: laskma — allow
• Finnish: antaa — allow
• Finnish: sallia — allow
• French: laisser — allow
• Friulian: lassâ — allow
• Galician: deixar — allow
• Georgian: ნების დართვა (nebis dartva) — allow
• Georgian: გაშვება (gašveba) — allow
• German: lassen — allow
• Greek: επιτρέπω (epitrépo) — allow
• Greek: αφήνω (afíno) — allow
• Ancient Greek: ἐάω (eáō) — allow
• Ancient Greek: ἀφίημι (aphíēmi) — allow
• Mbya Guarani: eja — allow
• Hebrew: הִנִּיחַ (hinníaẖ) — allow
• Hungarian: hagy — allow
• Hungarian: enged — allow
• Icelandic: leyfa — allow
• Ido: lasar — allow
• Interlingua: lassar — allow
• Istriot: lassà — allow
• Italian: lasciare — allow
• Italian: permettere — allow
• Japanese: ...させる (...saseru) — allow
• Khmer: អោយ (ʼaoy) — allow
• Korean: 허락하다 (heorakhada) — allow
• Ladin: lascer — allow
• Latin: sinō — allow
• Latin: patior — allow
• Latin: permittō — allow
• Latin: sustineō — allow
• Latvian: ļaut — allow
• Latvian: laist — allow
• Lingala: tika — allow
• Lithuanian: leisti — allow
• Livonian: laskõ — allow
• Lombard: lassà — allow
• Macedonian: дозволи (dozvoli) — allow
• Neapolitan: lassà — allow
• Norwegian: la — allow
• Occitan: permetre — allow
• Occitan: daissar — allow
• Old English: lǣtan — allow
• Persian: گذاشتن (gozâštan) — allow
• Persian: اجازه دادن (ejâze dâdan) — allow
• Piedmontese: lassé — allow
• Polish: pozwalać — allow
• Polish: pozwolić — allow
• Portuguese: deixar — allow
• Portuguese: permitir — allow
• Portuguese: ir — allow
• Quechua: sagii — allow
• Quechua: hagii — allow
• Romanian: lăsa — allow
• Romansh: laschar — allow
• Romansh: lascher — allow
• Romansh: schar — allow
• Russian: пуска́ть (puskátʹ) — allow
• Russian: пусти́ть (pustítʹ) — allow
• Russian: позволя́ть (pozvoljátʹ) — allow
• Russian: позво́лить (pozvólitʹ) — allow
• Sardinian: lassai — allow
• Sardinian: lassare — allow
• Scottish Gaelic: leig le — allow
• Serbo-Croatian: dopustiti — allow
• Serbo-Croatian: dati — allow
• Serbo-Croatian: пустити — allow
• Serbo-Croatian: дозволити — allow
• Serbo-Croatian: pustiti — allow
• Serbo-Croatian: dozvoliti — allow
• Sicilian: lassari — allow
• Slovak: nechať — allow
• Slovene: pustiti — allow
• Lower Sorbian: daś — allow
• Spanish: permitir — allow
• Spanish: dejar — allow
• Swedish: låta — allow
• Tagalog: hayaan — allow
• Tagalog: pabayaan — allow
• Telugu: ఇవ్వు (ivvu) — allow
• Thai: ให้ (hâi) — allow
• Thai: ปล่อย (bplɔ̀i) — allow
• Tocharian B: kälm- — allow
• Tocharian B: tärk- — allow
• Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — allow
• Ukrainian: пуска́ти (puskáty) — allow
• Ukrainian: пусти́ти (pustýty) — allow
• Ukrainian: дозволя́ти (dozvoljáty) — allow
• Ukrainian: дозво́лити (dozvólyty) — allow
• Venetan: lasar — allow
• Vietnamese: trở — allow
• Vietnamese: để — allow
• Walloon: leyî — allow
• Walloon: laire — allow
• Welsh: gadael — allow
• Yiddish: לאָזן (lozn) — allow
• German: lassen — leave
• German: zurücklassen — leave
• German: verlassen — leave
• Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak) — leave
• German: ablassen — allow the release of (a fluid)
• German: herauslaufen lassen — allow the release of (a fluid)
• Hebrew: הִקִּיז (hiqqíz) — allow the release of (a fluid)
• Bulgarian: давам под наем (davam pod naem) — put up for rent
• Chinese Mandarin: 出租 (chūzū) — put up for rent
• Czech: pronajmout — put up for rent
• Dutch: verhuren — put up for rent
• Finnish: antaa vuokralle — put up for rent
• French: louer — put up for rent
• German: vermieten — put up for rent
• German: überlassen — put up for rent
• Hungarian: bérel — put up for rent
• Italian: affittare — put up for rent
• Italian: dare in affitto — put up for rent
• Japanese: 貸す (kasu) — put up for rent
• Korean: 임대하다 (imdaehada) — put up for rent
• Latvian: izīrēt — put up for rent
• Lithuanian: nuomoti — put up for rent
• Lithuanian: išnuomoti — put up for rent
• Norwegian: leie ut — put up for rent
• Polish: wynajmować — put up for rent
• Portuguese: alugar — put up for rent
• Russian: сдава́ть в аре́нду (sdavátʹ v aréndu) — put up for rent
• Russian: сдать в аре́нду (sdatʹ v aréndu) — put up for rent
• Russian: сдава́ть внаём (sdavátʹ vnajóm) — put up for rent
• Russian: сдать внаём (sdatʹ vnajóm) — put up for rent
• Russian: сдава́ть (sdavátʹ) — put up for rent
• Russian: сдать (sdatʹ) — put up for rent
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir seachad air mhàl — put up for rent
• Serbo-Croatian: posuditi — put up for rent
• Serbo-Croatian: iznajmiti — put up for rent
• Spanish: alquilar — put up for rent
• Spanish: arrendar — put up for rent
• Walloon: louwer — put up for rent
• Belarusian: хай (xaj) — introducing an imperative
• Belarusian: няхай (njaxaj) — introducing an imperative
• Bulgarian: нека (neka) — introducing an imperative
• Bulgarian: да (da) — introducing an imperative
• Czech: ať — introducing an imperative
• Czech: nechť — introducing an imperative
• Danish: lade — introducing an imperative
• Hebrew: הָבָה (háva) — introducing an imperative
• Polish: niech — introducing an imperative
• Romanian: (hai) să — introducing an imperative
• Russian: пусть (pustʹ) — introducing an imperative
• Ukrainian: хай (xaj) — introducing an imperative
• Ukrainian: нехай (nexaj) — introducing an imperative