laissez-passer

[les-ey-pa-sey, le-sey-pah-sey]

noun

plural

laissez-passers ,

plural

laissez-passer .

1. a permit; pass, especially one issued in lieu of a passport.

laissez passer

/ lese pase /

noun

1. a document granting unrestricted access or movement to its holder

Word History and Origins

Origin of laissez-passer¹

< French: literally, allow to pass

Word History and Origins

Origin of laissez-passer¹

literally: let pass