let

See also: Appendix:Variations of "let"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of English Lesing-Atui.

Symbol

let

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Lesing-Gelimi.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Lesing-Gelimi terms

English

Alternative forms

• lett (archaic)
• lettest (2nd person singular simple present and simple past; archaic)
• letteth (3rd person singular simple present; archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Homophone: Lett

Etymology 1

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”).

Verb

let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past let or (obsolete) leet, past participle let or (obsolete) leet or (obsolete) letten)

1. (transitive) To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).

   After he knocked for hours, I decided to let him come in.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 8:28:

     Pharaoh said, I will let you go.

   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene vi]:

     If your name be Horatio, as I am let to know it is […]

   • 1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan:

     He could not be let die of thirst there alone in the dark.

   • 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:

     The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", […] and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.

2. (transitive) To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone.

   Let me be!

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 16:

     Yet neither spinnes nor cardes, ne cares nor frets, / But to her mother Nature all her care she lets.

3. (transitive) To allow the release of (a fluid).

   The physicians let about a pint of his blood, but to no avail.

4. (transitive, chiefly UK) To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.

   I decided to let the farmhouse to a couple while I was working abroad.

   • 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter I, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 1–2:

     “My dear Mr. Bennet,” said his lady to him one day, “have you heard that Netherfield Park is let at last?”
     Mr. Bennet replied that he had not.
     “But it is,” returned she; “for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.”

   • 1965, Roger Miller, “King Of The Road”:

     Trailers for sale or rent, rooms to let, fifty cents.

5. (transitive) To give, grant, or assign, as a work, privilege, or contract; often with out.

   to let the building of a bridge;  to let out the lathing and the plastering

6. (auxiliary, transitive) Used to introduce a first or third person imperative verb construction.

   Let's put on a show!

   Let us have a moment of silence.

   Let me just give you the phone number.

   Let P be the point where AB and OX intersect.

   "Let there be no doubt: I saw you boyfriend with another girl" "Let him. I don't care anymore".

7. (transitive, obsolete except with know or be) To cause (+ bare infinitive).

   Can you let me know what time you'll be arriving?

   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter IV, in Le Morte Darthur, book IV:

     Soo within a whyle kynge Pellinore cam with a grete hoost and salewed the peple and the kyng and ther was grete ioye made on euery syde. Thenne the kyng lete serche how moche people of his party ther was slayne. And ther were founde but lytel past two honderd men slayne and viij knyȝtes of the table round in their pauelions.

     So after a while King Pellinore came with a great host and saluted the people and the king, and there was great joy on every side. Then the king let search how many people of his faction were slain. And there were found only a little more than two hundred men slain, and eight knights of the Table Round in their pavilions.

   • 1818, John Keats, To—:

     Time's sea hath been five years at its slow ebb, / Long hours have to and fro let creep the sand […].

   • 1854 August 9, Henry D[avid] Thoreau, “The Ponds”, in Walden; or, Life in the Woods, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC, page 212:

     What right had the unclean and stupid farmer, whose farm abutted on this sky water, whose shores he has ruthlessly laid bare, to give his name to it? ... Rather let it be named from the fishes that swim in it, the wild fowl or quadrupeds which frequent it, the wild flowers which grow by its shores, or some wild man or child the thread of whose history is interwoven with its own...

Usage notes

• The use of “let” to introduce an imperative may sometimes be confused with its use, as its own imperative, in the sense of “to allow”. For example, the sentence “Let me go to the store.” could either be a second-person imperative of “let” (addressing someone who might prevent the speaker from going to the store) or a first-person singular imperative of “go” (not implying any such preventer).

Synonyms

• (to allow): allow, permit

Derived terms

• bloodlet
• buy-to-let, buy to let
• don't let the bedbugs bite
• don't let the door hit you on the way out
• forlet
• if it's yellow let it mellow
• inlet
• let alone
• let a sleeping dog lie
• let a thousand flowers bloom
• let be
• let blood
• let bygones be bygones
• let crazy stick its dick in you
• let down
• let drive
• let fluffy off the chain
• let fly
• let George do it
• let go
• let her rip
• let he who is without sin cast the first stone
• let him that is without sin cast the first stone
• let him who is without sin cast the first stone
• let in
• let in on
• let into
• let it all hang out
• let it alone
• let it be
• let it be known
• let it snow
• let know
• let lie
• let loose
• let me count the ways
• let me see
• let me tell you
• let nature take her course
• let nature take its course
• let Nature take its course
• let-off
• let off
• let off steam
• let on
• let one go
• let one loose
• let one off
• let one rip
• let one's guard down
• let one's hair down
• let one's nuts hang
• let one's short back and sides down
• let out
• let past
• let rip
• let's
• let sleeping dogs lie
• let slide
• let slip
• let someone have it
• let someone hold
• let someone loose
• let something ride
• let something slip
• lettable
• letter
• let that sink in
• let the buyer beware
• let the cat out
• let the cat out of the bag
• let the chips fall where they may
• let the cobbler stick to his last
• let the devil out
• let the dice fall where they may
• let the dog see the rabbit
• let the door hit you where the good Lord split you
• let the good times roll
• let the grass grow round one's feet
• let the grass grow under one's feet
• let the matter drop
• let them eat cake
• let them have it
• let the perfect be the enemy of the good
• let there be light
• let the sleeping dogs lie
• let things alone
• let things be
• let this cup pass from me
• let through
• lettor
• let up
• let us
• let us count the ways
• let us go
• let us see
• let well alone
• let well enough alone
• live and let live
• live-and-let-live
• offlet
• outlet
• relet
• re-let
• ship and let ship
• sublet
• take the cash and let the credit go
• to let
• underlet
• unlet

Translations

allow

• Albanian: lë
• Arabic: سَمَحَ (ar) (samaḥa), دَعَّ (daʕʕa)

  Moroccan Arabic: خلَى (ḵella)

• Armenian: թողնել (hy) (tʻoġnel)
• Aromanian: alas, las
• Asturian: dexar (ast)
• Bangi: tika
• Belarusian: пуска́ць impf (puskácʹ), пусці́ць pf (puscícʹ) (let go), дазваля́ць impf (dazvaljácʹ), дазво́ліць pf (dazvólicʹ)
• Breton: lezel (br)
• Bulgarian: позволявам (bg) (pozvoljavam)
• Catalan: permetre (ca), deixar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 讓 / 让 (zh) (ràng)

• Czech: nechat (cs), dovolit (cs) pf
• Danish: tillade (da), lade (da)
• Dutch: laten (nl), toestaan (nl)
• Esperanto: lasi (eo), permesi
• Estonian: laskma
• Finnish: antaa (fi), sallia (fi)
• French: laisser (fr)
• Friulian: lassâ
• Galician: deixar (gl)
• Georgian: ნების დართვა (nebis dartva), გაშვება (gašveba)
• German: lassen (de)
• Greek: επιτρέπω (el) (epitrépo), αφήνω (el) (afíno)

  Ancient Greek: ἐάω (eáō), ἀφίημι (aphíēmi)

• Guarani:

  Mbya Guarani: eja

• Hebrew: הִנִּיחַ (he) (hinníaẖ)
• Hmong:

  White Hmong: please add this translation if you can

• Hungarian: hagy (hu), enged (hu)
• Icelandic: leyfa (is)
• Ido: lasar (io)
• Interlingua: lassar
• Istriot: lassà
• Italian: lasciare (it), permettere (it)
• Japanese: ...させる (ja) (...saseru) (causative form)
• Khmer: អោយ (ʼaoy)
• Korean: 허락하다 (ko) (heorakhada)
• Ladin: lascer
• Lao: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: sinō (la), patior (la), permittō, sustineō (la)
• Latvian: ļaut, laist
• Lingala: tika
• Lithuanian: leisti (lt)
• Livonian: laskõ
• Lombard: lassà (lmo)
• Macedonian: дозволи (dozvoli)
• Neapolitan: lassà
• Norwegian: la (no)
• Occitan: permetre (oc), daissar (oc)
• Old English: lǣtan
• Persian: گذاشتن (fa) (gozâštan), اجازه دادن (fa) (ejâze dâdan)
• Piedmontese: lassé
• Polish: pozwalać (pl) impf, pozwolić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: deixar (pt), permitir (pt), ir (pt)
• Quechua: sagii, hagii
• Romanian: lăsa (ro)
• Romansh: laschar, lascher, schar
• Russian: пуска́ть (ru) impf (puskátʹ), пусти́ть (ru) pf (pustítʹ) (let go), позволя́ть (ru) impf (pozvoljátʹ), позво́лить (ru) pf (pozvólitʹ)
• Sardinian: lassai, lassare
• Scottish Gaelic: leig le
• Serbo-Croatian: dopustiti (sh), dati (sh)

  Cyrillic: пустити pf, дозволити pf

  Latin: pustiti (sh) pf, dozvoliti (sh) pf

• Sicilian: lassari (scn)
• Slovak: nechať
• Slovene: pustiti (sl) pf
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: daś

• Spanish: permitir (es), dejar (es)
• Swedish: låta (sv)
• Tagalog: hayaan, pabayaan
• Telugu: ఇవ్వు (ivvu)
• Thai: ให้ (th) (hâi), ปล่อย (th) (bplɔ̀i)
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: kälm-, tärk-
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak)

• Ukrainian: пуска́ти impf (puskáty), пусти́ти pf (pustýty) (let go), дозволя́ти impf (dozvoljáty), дозво́лити pf (dozvólyty)
• Venetan: lasar (vec)
• Vietnamese: trở (vi) (literally “to give”), để (vi)
• Walloon: leyî (wa), laire (wa)
• Welsh: gadael (cy)
• Yiddish: לאָזן (lozn)
• Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

leave

• German: lassen (de), zurücklassen (de), verlassen (de)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: براقمق (bırakmak)

allow the release of (a fluid)

• German: ablassen (de), herauslaufen lassen
• Hebrew: הִקִּיז (hiqqíz)

put up for rent

• Bulgarian: давам под наем (davam pod naem)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出租 (zh) (chūzū)

• Czech: pronajmout (cs) pf
• Dutch: verhuren (nl)
• Finnish: antaa vuokralle
• French: louer (fr)
• German: vermieten (de), überlassen (de)
• Hungarian: bérel (hu)
• Italian: affittare (it)
• Japanese: 貸す (ja) (かす, kasu)
• Korean: 임대하다 (ko) (imdaehada)
• Latvian: izīrēt
• Lithuanian: nuomoti, išnuomoti
• Norwegian: leie ut
• Polish: wynajmować (pl)
• Portuguese: alugar (pt)
• Russian: сдава́ть в аре́нду impf (sdavátʹ v aréndu), сдать в аре́нду pf (sdatʹ v aréndu), сдава́ть внаём impf (sdavátʹ vnajóm), сдать внаём pf (sdatʹ vnajóm), сдава́ть (ru) impf (sdavátʹ), сдать (ru) pf (sdatʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: thoir seachad air mhàl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: posuditi (sh), iznajmiti (sh)

• Spanish: alquilar (es), arrendar (es)
• Walloon: louwer (wa)

introducing an imperative

• Belarusian: хай (xaj), няхай (njaxaj)
• Bulgarian: нека (bg) (neka), да (bg) (da)
• Czech: ať (cs), nechť (cs)
• Danish: lade (da)
• Hebrew: הָבָה (he) (háva)
• Polish: niech (pl)
• Romanian: (hai) să (ro)
• Russian: пусть (ru) (pustʹ)
• Ukrainian: хай (xaj), нехай (nexaj)

Noun

let (plural lets)

1. The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
   • 1854, Charles Dickens, Christmas Stories‎^[1], page 317:

     Then he says “You would call it a Good Let, Madam?”
     “O certainly a Good Let sir.”

Derived terms

• holiday let

Etymology 2

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.

Verb

let (third-person singular simple present lets, present participle letting, simple past letted, past participle let)

1. (archaic) To hinder, prevent, impede, hamper, cumber; to obstruct (someone or something).
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Thessalonians 2:7:

     He who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way.

   • 1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Elaine”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 152:

     Sir King, mine ancient wound is hardly whole, / And lets me from the saddle; […]

2. (obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
   • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur Book XXI, Chapter ii, leaf 421r:

     & there was syr Mordred redy awaytynge vpon his londage to lette his owne fader to lāde vp the lande that he was kyng ouer.
     "And there was Sir Mordred ready awaiting upon his landing, to let his own father to land upon the land that he was king over."

   • 1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Acts viij:

     And as they went on their waye, they cam unto a certayne water, and the gelded man sayde: Se here is water, what shall lett me to be baptised?

3. (obsolete) To tarry or delay.
   • 1826, Early Metrical Tales; Including the History of Sir Egeir, Sir Gryme, and Sir Gray-Steill, Edinburgh, The History of Sir Eger, Sir Grahame, And Sir Gray-Steel, page 7:

     And for that strake I would not let, / Another upon him soon I set, […]

Noun

let (plural lets)

1. (obsolete or law) An obstacle or hindrance.

   without let or hindrance

   • 1552 June 22 (Gregorian calendar), Hugh Latimer, Augustine Bernher, compiler, “Sermon XXV. Preached on the Twenty First Sunday after Trinity.”, in The Sermons of the Right Reverend Father in God, Master Hugh Latimer, Bishop of Worcester. […], volume II, London: […] J. Scott, […], published 1758, →OCLC, page 541:

     [E]ver conſider vvhether our doings be to the let of our ſalvation or not.

     The spelling has been modernized.

   • 1567, Ovid, “The Third Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC, lines 60–61:

     And Cadmus saw his campanie make tarience in that sort / He marveld what should be their let, and went to seeke them out.

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 16, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     Paulus Emilius going to the glorious expedition of Macedon, advertised the people of Rome during his absence not to speake of his actions: For the licence of judgements is an especiall let in great affaires.

2. (tennis) The hindrance caused by the net during serve, only if the ball falls legally.

Derived terms

• without let or hindrance

Translations

hindrance

• Portuguese: obstáculo (pt) m
• Serbo-Croatian: prepreka (sh)

hindrance caused by the net during serve at tennis

• French: filet (fr) m
• German: Netzball (de) m
• Māori: tukurua

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

Anagrams

• ELT, ETL, LTE, TEL, TLE, Tel., elt, tel

Ahtna

Etymology 1

From or related to łet (“smoke”).

Root

let

1. a smudge or smokey fire burns
2. to (cause to) burn to ashes

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Durative	let	let	let	let
Momentaneous	liit	let	liił	liit
Conclusive	let	let	let	let

Derived terms

• dedlet (“it is smoldering”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 278

Etymology 2

Root

let

1. to wobble

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	let	let	let	let
Customary	liit	liit	liit	liit

Derived terms

• keghalet (“it is wobbling”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 277

Etymology 3

Root

let

1. to melt

Stem set

Aspect	Imperfective	Perfective	Future	Optative
Momentaneous	laat	let	leł	laat
Progressive	leł	—	—	—

Derived terms

• cʼughaleł (“it is melting”)

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 277

Champenois

Alternative forms

• (Rémois) leuil, leil
• (Langrois) leu

Etymology

Inherited from Old French lit, from Latin lectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ/

Noun

let m (plural lets)

1. (Troyen, Langrois) bed

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[3] (in French), Troyes

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛt]

• Audio:

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• Homophone: led

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *lek-der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *lekt-

Proto-Slavic *letъ

Czech let

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ.

Noun

let m inan

1. flight (the act of flying)

Declension

Declension of let (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	let	lety
genitive	letu	letů
dative	letu	letům
accusative	let	lety
vocative	lete	lety
locative	letu	letech
instrumental	letem	lety

Related terms

• letět
• letový

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

let n

1. genitive plural of léto

Further reading

• “let”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “let”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “let”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish læt, from Old Norse léttr, from Proto-Germanic *linhtaz. Cognate with Swedish lätt, Icelandic léttur, English light, Dutch licht and German leicht.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛd̥]

Adjective

let (plural and definite singular attributive lette)

1. light (not heavy)
2. easy
3. slight
4. mild

Inflection

Inflection of let

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	let	lettere	lettest2
indefinite neuter singular	let	lettere	lettest2
plural	lette	lettere	lettest2
definite attributive1	lette	lettere	letteste

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Synonyms

• (easy): nem, enkel

Adverb

let

1. lightly
2. easily
3. slightly
4. mildly

References

• “let,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of letmælk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛd̥]

Noun

let c (singular definite letten, plural indefinite let)

1. low-fat milk

Declension

Declension of let

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	let	letten	let	lettene
genitive	lets	lettens	lets	lettenes

References

• “let,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛd̥]

Verb

let

1. imperative of lette

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈleˀd̥]

Verb

let

1. past participle of le

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

let

1. inflection of letten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Anagrams

• tel

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English let.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛt/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Interjection

let

1. (tennis) indicates a let on service

Further reading

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

Friulian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lēctus, perfect passive participle of legō.

Verb

let

1. past participle of lei (“read”)

Gothic

Romanization

lēt

1. romanization of 𐌻𐌴𐍄

Irish

Alternative forms

• led

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lʲɛt̪ˠ/

Contraction

let (triggers lenition)

1. (Munster) contraction of le +‎ do, literally “with your sg”

   let thoil ― please

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

	contracted with							copular forms
base form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	before a consonant	before a vowel
									present/future	past/conditional
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh

*dialectal

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• leet (Föhr-Amrum)
• lätje (Mooring)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian lēta, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lɛt]

Verb

let

1. (Sylt) to let

Conjugation

Conjugation of let (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	let
infinitive II	(tö) leten
past participle	leten
imperative	let
	present	past
1st singular	let	let
2nd singular	letst	letst
3rd singular	let	let
plural / dual	let	let
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa leten	her leten
2nd singular	heest leten	herst leten
3rd singular	heer leten	her leten
plural / dual	haa leten	her leten
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel let	wel let
2nd singular	sket let	wet let
3rd singular	skel let	wel let
plural / dual	skel let	wel let

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Derived from Old Norse litr (“colour”), related to líta (“to see”).

Noun

let m (definite singular leten, indefinite plural leter, definite plural letene)

1. color / colour

Synonyms

• farge

Derived terms

• hamlet

Etymology 2

Verb

let

1. imperative of lete

References

• “let” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Norse litr (“colour”), from Proto-Germanic *wlitiz, *wlituz. Related to Old Norse líta (“to see”).

Alternative forms

• (non-standard since 2012) lett

Noun

let m (definite singular leten, indefinite plural leter or letar, definite plural letene or letane)

1. color / colour

   Synonym: farge

Derived terms

• einleta
• hamlet

Etymology 2

Verb

let

1. present tense of la
2. present of lata
3. past tense of la
4. past of lata

Etymology 3

Verb

let

1. imperative of leta

Further reading

• “let” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• elt, etl, lèt, lét, tel

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /leːt/
• Rhymes: -eːt

Verb

lēt

1. first/third-person singular preterite indicative of lǣtan

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ. First attested in the 17th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lêːt/

Noun

lȇt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ле̑т)

1. flight

Declension

Declension of let

	singular	plural
nominative	lȇt	létovi
genitive	lȇta	létōvā
dative	lȇtu	létovima
accusative	lȇt	létove
vocative	lȇte	létovi
locative	létu	létovima
instrumental	lȇtom	létovima

Related terms

• lèteti

Further reading

• “let”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Slovene

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *letъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛ́t/

Noun

lȅt m inan

1. flight

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	lèt
gen. sing.	léta
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	lèt	léta	léti
genitive (rodȋlnik)	léta	létov	létov
dative (dajȃlnik)	létu	létoma	létom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	lèt	léta	léte
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	létu	létih	létih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	létom	létoma	léti

Tok Pisin

Etymology

Derived from English leather.

Noun

let

1. leather
2. strap (of leather)
3. belt