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leave verb

  /liv/ , /liːv/
  • (transitive) To cause or allow (something) to remain as available; to refrain from taking (something) away; to stop short of consuming or otherwise depleting (something) entirely.
  • (transitive) To transfer possession of after death.
  • (transitive) To transfer responsibility or attention of (something) (to someone); to stop being concerned with.
 laisser
  • (transitive) To give (something) to someone; to deliver (something) to a repository; to deposit.
 partir, s'en aller
  • (transitive) To depart from; to end one's connection or affiliation with.
 quitter, laisser

leave noun

  /liv/ , /liːv/
  • Permission to be absent; time away from one's work.
 permission, congé, permis
  • (dated) Farewell, departure.
 congé

leaf noun

  /liːf/
  • (publishing, bookbinding, advertising) A sheet of a book, magazine, etc (consisting of two pages, one on each face of the leaf).
 feuille, feuillet
  • Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
  • A sheet of any substance beaten or rolled until very thin.
  • (computing, mathematics) In a tree, a node that has no descendants.
 feuille
  • (plural leaves or leafs) A moveable panel, e.g. of a bridge or door, originally one that hinged but now also applied to other forms of movement.
 battant, ouvrant, vantail
  • A flat section used to extend the size of a table.
 plateau, rallonge, feuille

leaving

départ
leave behind
abandonner, laisser en arrière
leave someone in the lurch
planter, planter là
take French leave
filer à l’anglaise
sick leave
arrêt maladie
leave a lot to be desired
laisser à désirer
take it or leave it
à prendre ou à laisser
take one's leave
dire adieu, faire ses adieux, prendre congé
leave someone to their own devices
laisser pour compte, livrer à soi-même
paternity leave
congé de paternité
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