No. 717 in French
permettant
"Permettant" means "allowing" or "enabling" in English.
In a sentence
Elle a signé un contrat permettant une collaboration durable.
She signed a contract allowing for a lasting collaboration.
Here, 'permettant' is used as a present participle to describe the contract as enabling or allowing a specific action.
Ils ont installé un système permettant de surveiller la météo.
They installed a system for monitoring the weather.
In this sentence, 'permettant' modifies the system, explaining its purpose or function as enabling weather monitoring.
Nous avons créé une application permettant d'apprendre une nouvelle langue.
We created an application that allows learning a new language.
In this example, 'permettant' provides additional information about the application, specifying that its role or purpose is to facilitate language learning.
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