permis

In a sentence

• J'ai mon permis de conduire depuis l'année dernière.

  I have had my driver's license since last year.

  Here 'permis' is used as a noun, referring to an official permit or license, specifically a driving license.

• Il est interdit de fumer ici sans permis spécial.

  It is forbidden to smoke here without a special permit.

  In this example, 'permis' again functions as a noun, meaning a permission or authorization required for certain activities.

• Cela a permis à toute l'équipe de retourner chez eux plus tôt.

  This allowed the whole team to go home earlier.

  Here 'permis' is the past participle of the verb 'permettre', meaning 'to allow', and it indicates that permission was granted or an action was enabled.