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laisse

French, noun

laisse is spelled L-A-I-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears 148 times per million words in written French, the 553rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Laisse is a French feminine noun meaning “leash, lead” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of laisser. With an accent, laissé is a different word: “past participle of laisser”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corde ou lanière dont on se sert pour mener un chien seul ou des chiens attachés ensemble”.

What does laisse mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineleash, lead

  2. 2

    feminineforeshore

  3. 3

    femininelaisse

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as laissé
  1. 1

    past participle of laisser

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Corde ou lanière dont on se sert pour mener un chien seul ou des chiens attachés ensemble. 2. Sorte de cordon de chapeau fait le plus souvent de fil de soie.

noun: 1. Couplet, groupe de vers des anciennes chansons de gestes.

noun: 1. Espace que la mer laisse à découvert à chaque marée et qui s’affermit peu à peu. 2. Mélange de vase et de sable et des débris de plantes marines que chaque vague dépose en sillons sur la plage. 3. Zone d’alluvion des bords de cours d’eau. 4. Lavures.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of laisse

  • laisses plural
  • laissée feminine
  • laissés masculine plural
  • laissées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to laisse

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is laisse in French?

laisse appears 148 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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