Permettaient (en. Allowed)

/pɛʁ.mɛ.tɛ/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishFrench

verb

To grant the possibility or permission.

The rules allowed the students to take exams remotely.

Les règles permettaient aux étudiants de passer des examens à distance.

To authorize or give the right to do something.

This decision allowed employees to work more efficiently.

Cette décision permettait aux employés de travailler plus efficacement.

To facilitate the realization or execution of an action.

New technologies allowed for optimizing processes.

Les nouvelles technologies permettaient d'optimiser les processus.

From Old French 'permetre', from Latin 'permittĕre' meaning 'to let pass'.

to allow someone to do something

To give someone the possibility to carry out an action.

permettre à quelqu'un de faire quelque chose

to allow choices

To offer different options to someone.

permettre des choix

what allows

What makes something possible.

ce qui permet de

to allow

Granting permission or possibility.

permettre

to authorize

Giving authorization.

autoriser

to facilitate

Making something easier.

faciliter

To give the green light

He gave the green light for the project.

Il a donné le feu vert pour le projet.

To pave the way

This decision paves the way for new solutions.

Cette décision ouvre la voie à de nouvelles solutions.