permission

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈmɪʃ.ən/
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• General-American: /pəɹˈmɪʃ.ən/
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• South-Asia: /ˈpər.mɪ.ʃən/
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• South-Asia: [pɜː-] non-rhotic
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• rhymes with -ɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 M IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English permision, permission, permissioun, permyssion, from Middle French permission, from Latin permissiō. Equivalent to permit + -ion. Mostly replaced native English leave, from Old English lēaf (“permission”).

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: leje — authorisation
• Arabic: تَصْرِيح (taṣrīḥ) — authorisation
• Arabic: سَمَاح (samāḥ) — authorisation
• Arabic: إِجَازَة (ʔijāza) — authorisation
• Arabic: رُخْصَة (ruḵṣa) — authorisation
• Arabic: رُخُصَة (ruḵuṣa) — authorisation
• Arabic: إِذْن (ʔiḏn) — authorisation
• Armenian: թույլտվություն (tʻuyltvutʻyun) — authorisation
• Avar: изну (iznu) — authorisation
• Azerbaijani: icazə — authorisation
• Azerbaijani: izin — authorisation
• Azerbaijani: müsaidə — authorisation
• Bashkir: рөхсәт (röxsət) — authorisation
• Belarusian: дазво́л (dazvól) — authorisation
• Bengali: অনুমতি (onumoti) — authorisation
• Bengali: ইজাজত (ijajot) — authorisation
• Bulgarian: разреше́ние (razrešénie) — authorisation
• Bulgarian: позволе́ние (pozvolénie) — authorisation
• Burmese: အခွင့် (a.hkwang.) — authorisation
• Catalan: permís — authorisation
• Catalan: autorització — authorisation
• Chinese Cantonese: 許可 /许可 (heoi2 ho2) — authorisation
• Chinese Mandarin: 許可 /许可 (xǔkě) — authorisation
• Chinese Mandarin: 授權 /授权 (shòuquán) — authorisation
• Chinese Mandarin: 允許 /允许 (yúnxǚ) — authorisation
• Ngazidja Comorian: idhini — authorisation
• Czech: povolení — authorisation
• Danish: tilladelse — authorisation
• Danish: lov — authorisation
• Dutch: toestemming — authorisation
• Dutch: toelating — authorisation
• Dutch: permissie — authorisation
• Dutch: verlof — authorisation
• Esperanto: permeso — authorisation
• Estonian: luba — authorisation
• Faroese: loyvi — authorisation
• Finnish: oikeus — authorisation
• Finnish: lupa — authorisation
• French: permission — authorisation
• French: permis — authorisation
• Galician: permiso — authorisation
• Galician: licenza — authorisation
• Georgian: ნებართვა (nebartva) — authorisation
• German: Erlaubnis — authorisation
• German: Gestattung — authorisation
• German: Genehmigung — authorisation
• Greek: άδεια (ádeia) — authorisation
• Greek: έγκριση (égkrisi) — authorisation
• Hebrew: הֶתֵּר (hetér) — authorisation
• Hindi: अनुमति (anumti) — authorisation
• Hindi: स्वीकृति (svīkŕti) — authorisation
• Hindi: इजाज़त (ijāzat) — authorisation
• Hungarian: engedély — authorisation
• Icelandic: leyfi — authorisation
• Ido: darfo — authorisation
• Indonesian: izin — authorisation
• Indonesian: keizinan — authorisation
• Indonesian: perkenan — authorisation
• Indonesian: permisi — authorisation
• Italian: permesso — authorisation
• Japanese: 許可 (kyoka) — authorisation
• Japanese: 認可 (ninka) — authorisation
• Kazakh: рұқсат (rūqsat) — authorisation
• Khmer: អធិក្រឹតិ (ʼaʼthikrət) — authorisation
• Khmer: អនុញ្ញាត (ʼaʼnuññaat) — authorisation
• Korean: 허가 (heoga) — authorisation
• Korean: 인가 (in'ga) — authorisation
• Northern Kurdish: îcaze — authorisation
• Northern Kurdish: izin — authorisation
• Northern Kurdish: destûr — authorisation
• Kyrgyz: уруксат (uruksat) — authorisation
• Lao: ການອະນຸຍາດ (kān ʼa nu nyāt) — authorisation
• Lao: ອະນຸຍາດ (ʼa nu nyāt) — authorisation
• Latin: permissio — authorisation
• Latin: concessus — authorisation
• Latvian: atļauja — authorisation
• Lithuanian: leidimas — authorisation
• Macedonian: дозвола (dozvola) — authorisation
• Malay: kebenaran — authorisation
• Malay: izin — authorisation
• Malay: keizinan — authorisation
• Malay: perkenan — authorisation
• Malayalam: അനുമതി (anumati) — authorisation
• Mongolian: зөвшөөрөл (zövšööröl) — authorisation
• Norwegian Bokmål: tillatelse — authorisation
• Norwegian Bokmål: permisjon — authorisation
• Old English: lēaf — authorisation
• Pashto: اجازت (ejāzat) — authorisation
• Pashto: اجازه (ejāza) — authorisation
• Pashto: اذن (ezn) — authorisation
• Pashto: رخصت (roxsat) — authorisation
• Persian: اِجَازَه (ijāza) — authorisation
• Persian: رُخْصَت (ruxsat) — authorisation
• Persian: اِذْن (izn) — authorisation
• Iranian Persian: اِجازِه (ejâze) — authorisation
• Iranian Persian: رُخْصَت (roxsat) — authorisation
• Iranian Persian: اِذْن (ezn) — authorisation
• Polish: pozwolenie — authorisation
• Polish: dozwolenie — authorisation
• Polish: zezwolenie — authorisation
• Portuguese: permissão — authorisation
• Romanian: permisiune — authorisation
• Romansh: permess — authorisation
• Russian: разреше́ние (razrešénije) — authorisation
• Russian: позволе́ние (pozvolénije) — authorisation
• Serbo-Croatian: до̏звола — authorisation
• Serbo-Croatian: dȍzvola — authorisation
• Slovak: povolenie — authorisation
• Slovene: dovoljênje — authorisation
• Spanish: permiso — authorisation
• Spanish: venia — authorisation
• Spanish: beneplácito — authorisation
• Spanish: permisión — authorisation
• Spanish: impetra — authorisation
• Swahili: idhini — authorisation
• Swedish: tillåtelse — authorisation
• Swedish: tillstånd — authorisation
• Swedish: medgivande — authorisation
• Swedish: lov — authorisation
• Tabasaran: ихтияр (iꭓtijar) — authorisation
• Tajik: иҷозат (ijozat) — authorisation
• Tajik: рухсат (ruxsat) — authorisation
• Tajik: изн (izn) — authorisation
• Tamil: அனுமதி (aṉumati) — authorisation
• Tatar: рөхсәт (röxsät) — authorisation
• Telugu: అనుమతి (anumati) — authorisation
• Thai: การอนุญาต (gaan-à-nú-yâat) — authorisation
• Thai: อนุญาต (à-nú-yâat) — authorisation
• Tocharian B: plāki — authorisation
• Turkish: izin — authorisation
• Turkish: müsaade — authorisation
• Turkish: ruhsat — authorisation
• Turkish: icazet — authorisation
• Ottoman Turkish: اذن (izn) — authorisation
• Ottoman Turkish: رخصت (ruhsat) — authorisation
• Ottoman Turkish: مساعده (müsâʼade) — authorisation
• Ottoman Turkish: اجازت (icazet) — authorisation
• Ottoman Turkish: دستور (düstur) — authorisation
• Turkmen: rugsat — authorisation
• Ukrainian: до́звіл (dózvil) — authorisation
• Ukrainian: дозволя́ння (dozvoljánnja) — authorisation
• Urdu: اِجازَت (ijāzat) — authorisation
• Urdu: رُخْصَت (ruxsat) — authorisation
• Urdu: اِذْن (izn) — authorisation
• Uyghur: ئىجازەت (ijazet) — authorisation
• Uyghur: رۇخسەت (ruxset) — authorisation
• Uzbek: ijozat — authorisation
• Uzbek: ruxsat — authorisation
• Uzbek: izn — authorisation
• Vietnamese: sự cho phép — authorisation
• Welsh: caniatâd — authorisation
• Armenian: թույլտվություն (tʻuyltvutʻyun) — act of permitting
• Bulgarian: позволе́ние (pozvolénie) — act of permitting
• Chinese Mandarin: 授權 /授权 (shòuquán) — act of permitting
• Chinese Mandarin: 允許 /允许 (yúnxǚ) — act of permitting
• Danish: tilladelse — act of permitting
• Finnish: lupa — act of permitting
• Georgian: ნებართვის მიცემა (nebartvis micema) — act of permitting
• Greek: άδεια (ádeia) — act of permitting
• Hungarian: megengedés — act of permitting
• Hungarian: engedélyezés — act of permitting
• Italian: permesso — act of permitting
• Japanese: 許可 (kyoka) — act of permitting
• Malayalam: അനുവാദം (anuvādaṁ) — act of permitting
• Polish: pozwolenie — act of permitting
• Polish: dozwolenie — act of permitting
• Polish: zezwolenie — act of permitting
• Portuguese: permissão — act of permitting
• Romanian: permitere — act of permitting
• Romansh: permess — act of permitting
• Russian: разреше́ние (razrešénije) — act of permitting
• Slovene: dovoljênje — act of permitting
• Swahili: idhini — act of permitting
• Swedish: tillåtelse — act of permitting
• Telugu: అనుమతి (anumati) — act of permitting
• Turkish: izin — act of permitting
• Turkish: müsaade — act of permitting
• Ukrainian: до́звіл (dózvil) — act of permitting
• Ukrainian: дозволя́ння (dozvoljánnja) — act of permitting
• Finnish: oikeudet — in computing
• Finnish: käyttöoikeudet — in computing
• Greek: άδεια (ádeia) — in computing
• Greek: δικαίωμα (dikaíoma) — in computing
• Portuguese: permissão — in computing
• Spanish: permiso — in computing
• Swedish: rättigheter — in computing