lautorisent

Lautorisent is not a standard French word. In most uses, it appears to be a misspelling or mis-segmentation of l'autorisent, which corresponds to the third person plural present indicative form of the verb autoriser with the clitic pronoun l’ meaning “them” or “it” as a direct object. The correct written form when the object pronoun is present is l'autorise, l'autorises, or l'autorisent, depending on the subject.

In French, the infinitive is autoriser. Its present tense conjugation for the subjects is: j'autorise, tu autorises, il/elle autorise, nous autorisons, vous autorisez, ils/elles autorisent. When a direct object pronoun precedes the verb, the forms become j'l'autorise, tu t'autorises, il l'autorise, nous nous autorisons, vous vous autorisez, ils l'autorisent. The elision with l’ occurs before a vowel, yielding l'autorise or l'autorisent in appropriate contexts. For example: Ils l'autorisent à entrer. Cela peut signifier “They authorize him/her to enter.”

Common pitfalls include treating lautorisent as a single word, which obscures the underlying pronoun-verb structure. Correct usage depends on the subject and the presence of a preceding object pronoun. The term is frequent in legal, administrative, and formal writing, where authorization or permission is described.

Etymologically, autoriser derives from the concept of authority, with roots in Latin auctoritas, passing into French via Old French as autoriser. Related terms include autorisation (authorization) and autorité (authority).