licence

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪ.səns/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈlɑe.səns/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪsəns/, [ˈlɑe̯.səns] Hyphenation: li‧cence === Noun === licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences) UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand, Malaysia, and Singapore standard spelling of license. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced) (UK, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Misspelling 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. E.g. 'Television Licence'; 'driving licence'. The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States. ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin licentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlɪt͡sɛnt͡sɛ] === Noun === licence f licence (UK, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand), license (US) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “licence”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “licence”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French licence, borrowed from Latin licentia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /li.sɑ̃s/ Rhymes: -ɑ̃s Homophone: licences === Noun === licence f (plural licences) licence permit, certificate (education) bachelor's degree (three-year long) Synonym: (Belgium) bachelier (somewhat archaic) licence: excessive or undue freedom or liberty ==== Derived terms ==== licence poétique licencier licenciement licencieux ==== Related terms ==== loisir ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: lisans → Persian: لیسانس (lisâns) === Further reading === “licence”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Etymology === licenc +‎ -e (possessive suffix) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈlit͡sɛnt͡sɛ] Hyphenation: li‧cen‧ce === Noun === licence third-person singular single-possession possessive of licenc ==== Declension ==== == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin licentia. === Noun === licence oblique singular, f (oblique plural licences, nominative singular licence, nominative plural licences) leave; permission to be away, to be not present ==== Descendants ==== French: licence → English: licence, license