laissez-passer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French laissez-passer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌlɛseɪ ˈpɑːseɪ/

Noun

laissez-passer (plural laissez-passers)

1. A pass or permit; a document permitting the bearer to travel, sometimes issued as an emergency passport.
   • 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 385:

     ‘Find the British Consul, and Jane can claim she lost her money and passport. He'll issue her with some kind of laissez-passer.’

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ.se.pa.se/, /lɛ.se.pɑ.se/, /le.se.pa.se/, /le.se.pɑ.se/

Noun

laissez-passer m (plural laissez-passer)

1. pass (document granting permission to pass or to go and come)

Further reading

• “laissez-passer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.