launce

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See lance.

Noun

launce (plural launces)

  1. Obsolete form of lance.
  2. sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae
Translations

Verb

launce (third-person singular simple present launces, present participle launcing, simple past and past participle launced)

  1. Obsolete form of lance.

Etymology 2

From Italian lance, Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance.

Noun

launce (plural launces)

  1. (obsolete) A balance.

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈlans(ə)/

Noun

launce (plural launces)

  1. A lance (long spear).
  2. A javelin (throwing spear).
  3. (rare) A lancer; someone armed with a lance.
  4. (figurative, rare) That which is long and pointed.
Descendants
  • English: lance, launce
  • Scots: lance
References

Etymology 2

Noun

launce

  1. Alternative form of launcen (“to push forwards”)
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