different between licence vs title

English

Etymology

From Old French licence, from Latin licentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?s?ns/
• Hyphenation: li?cence

Noun

licence (countable and uncountable, plural licences)

1. (Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand) Standard spelling of license.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

licence (third-person singular simple present licences, present participle licencing, simple past and past participle licenced)

1. (Britain, Canada, South Africa, nonstandard) Alternative form of license

Usage notes

• In British English, Canadian English, Irish English, Australian English, South African English, and New Zealand English the noun is spelled licence and the verb is license.
• The spelling licence is not used for either part of speech in the United States.

Translations

Czech

Etymology

From Latin licentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?.tsen.tse/

Noun

licence f

1. licence (UK), license (US)

Declension

Further reading

• licence in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• licence in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin licentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.s??s/
• Rhymes: -??s
• Homophone: licences

Noun

licence f (plural licences)

1. licence
2. permit, certificate
3. (education) bachelor's degree (more accurately in France Bac+3)
4. (somewhat archaic) licence: excessive or undue freedom or liberty

Derived terms

• licencier
  • licenciement
• licencieux

Related terms

• loisir

Descendants

• ? Turkish: lisans

Further reading

• “licence” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

licenc +? -e (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?lit?s?nt?s?]
• Hyphenation: li?cen?ce

Noun

licence

1. third-person singular single-possession possessive of licenc

Declension

Old French

Noun

licence f (oblique plural licences, nominative singular licence, nominative plural licences)

1. leave; permission to be away, to be not present

Descendants

• French: licence
• ? English: licence, license

English

Etymology

From Middle English title, titel, from Old English titul (“title, heading, superscription”), from Latin titulus (“title, inscription”). Doublet of tilde, tittle, and titulus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?tl?/
• Rhymes: -a?t?l
• Hyphenation: ti?tle

Noun

title (plural titles)

1. A prefix (honorific) or suffix (post-nominal) added to a person's name to signify either veneration, official position or a professional or academic qualification. See also Category:Titles
3. (law) Legal right to ownership of a property; a deed or other certificate proving this.

4. In canon law, that by which a beneficiary holds a benefice.
5. A church to which a priest was ordained, and where he was to reside.
6. The name of a book, film, musical piece, painting, or other work of art.

7. A publication.

8. A section or division of a subject, as of a law or a book.
9. (chiefly in the plural) A written title, credit, or caption shown with a film, video, or performance.

10. (bookbinding) The panel for the name, between the bands of the back of a book.
11. The subject of a writing; a short phrase that summarizes the entire topic.
12. A division of an act of law

13. (sports) The recognition given to the winner of a championship in sports.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:title

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

title (third-person singular simple present titles, present participle titling, simple past and past participle titled)

1. (transitive) To assign a title to; to entitle.

Translations

Anagrams

• t-lite

German

Pronunciation

Verb

title

1. inflection of titeln:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative