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laissez-passer

/ˌlɛseɪ ˈpɑːseɪ/

laissez-passer noun: a pass or permit; a document permitting the bearer to travel, sometimes issued as an emergency passport.

Noun

laissez-passer (plural laissez-passers)

  1. A pass or permit; a document permitting the bearer to travel, sometimes issued as an emergency passport.
    • ‘Find the British Consul, and Jane can claim she lost her money and passport. He'll issue her with some kind of laissez-passer.’2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 385

laissez-passer meaning in Kannada

laissez-passer in Kannada

ಪರ್ಮಿಟ್ಟು, ಪಾಸು, ಪ್ರವೇಶಚೀಟಿ

Forms of laissez-passer

plurallaissez-passers

Origin of laissez-passer

Borrowed from French laissez-passer.

Questions about laissez-passer

What does laissez-passer mean?
Laissez-passer means a pass or permit; a document permitting the bearer to travel, sometimes issued as an emergency passport.
What is laissez-passer in Kannada?
Laissez-passer in Kannada is ಪರ್ಮಿಟ್ಟು, ಪಾಸು, ಪ್ರವೇಶಚೀಟಿ. See Laissez-passer meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is laissez-passer?
Laissez-passer is a noun.
How do you pronounce laissez-passer?
Laissez-passer is pronounced /ˌlɛseɪ ˈpɑːseɪ/.
What is the plural of laissez-passer?
The plural of laissez-passer is laissez-passers.

Words near laissez-passer in the dictionary

  1. laissez aller
  2. laissez faire
  3. laissez-faire
  4. laissez-faireism
  5. laissez-fairism
  6. laissez-passer
  7. laissez-passers
  8. Laist
  9. Laisterdyke
  10. Laists
  11. lait

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