lancer

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English

Etymology

From French lancier (“lancer”).

Noun

lancer (plural lancers)

  1. (military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
  2. (entomology) Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.
  3. One who lances something.
    • 1968, Journal of Secondary Education:
      The evolutional descendants of those early shavers of beards and lancers of boils have made good (and, perhaps, nearly exclusive) use of the title […]

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French lancier, from Late Latin lanceāre, from Latin lancea. Compare Catalan llançar; Italian lanciare; Occitan and Portuguese lançar; Spanish lanzar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃.se/
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Verb

lancer

  1. to throw
    Synonyms: jeter, projeter
  2. to start, to launch

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of lancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lancer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lançant
/lɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lancé
/lɑ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lance
/lɑ̃s/ 		lances
/lɑ̃s/ 		lance
/lɑ̃s/ 		lançons
/lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ 		lancez
/lɑ̃.se/ 		lancent
/lɑ̃s/
imperfect lançais
/lɑ̃.sɛ/ 		lançais
/lɑ̃.sɛ/ 		lançait
/lɑ̃.sɛ/ 		lancions
/lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		lanciez
/lɑ̃.sje/ 		lançaient
/lɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 lançai
/lɑ̃.se/ 		lanças
/lɑ̃.sa/ 		lança
/lɑ̃.sa/ 		lançâmes
/lɑ̃.sam/ 		lançâtes
/lɑ̃.sat/ 		lancèrent
/lɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future lancerai
/lɑ̃.sʁe/ 		lanceras
/lɑ̃.sʁa/ 		lancera
/lɑ̃.sʁa/ 		lancerons
/lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ 		lancerez
/lɑ̃.sʁe/ 		lanceront
/lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional lancerais
/lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		lancerais
/lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		lancerait
/lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		lancerions
/lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		lanceriez
/lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ 		lanceraient
/lɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lance
/lɑ̃s/ 		lances
/lɑ̃s/ 		lance
/lɑ̃s/ 		lancions
/lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		lanciez
/lɑ̃.sje/ 		lancent
/lɑ̃s/
imperfect2 lançasse
/lɑ̃.sas/ 		lançasses
/lɑ̃.sas/ 		lançât
/lɑ̃.sa/ 		lançassions
/lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		lançassiez
/lɑ̃.sa.sje/ 		lançassent
/lɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lance
/lɑ̃s/ 		— lançons
/lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ 		lancez
/lɑ̃.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Descendants

  • → Dutch: lanceren
  • → German: lancieren
  • → Persian: لانسه (lânse)
  • → Turkish: lanse
  • → Vietnamese: lăng xê

Noun

lancer m (plural lancers)

  1. a throw
  2. (baseball) a pitch
  3. (field hockey or ice hockey) a shot

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