slicer

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English

Etymology

From slice +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɪsə(ɹ)

Noun

slicer (plural slicers)

  1. Someone or something that slices.
  2. A broad, flat knife.
  3. A slicing cucumber.
    • 2008, Jeff Cox, The Organic Food Shopper's Guide, page 67:
      These are American slicers. But there are many types of cucumbers out there other than American slicers.
  4. A piece of software that converts a model into a series of thin layers for 3D printing.
  5. (computing) A kind of data filter used in data visualization.
  6. (cooking) A machine that cuts meats, also named a deli slicer.

Derived terms

Translations

someone or -thing that slices

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From English slice.

Pronunciation

Verb

slicer

  1. (sports) to slice the ball

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 slicer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple slicer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple sliçant
/slaj.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle slicé
/slaj.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present slice
/slajs/ 		slices
/slajs/ 		slice
/slajs/ 		sliçons
/slaj.sɔ̃/ 		slicez
/slaj.se/ 		slicent
/slajs/
imperfect sliçais
/slaj.sɛ/ 		sliçais
/slaj.sɛ/ 		sliçait
/slaj.sɛ/ 		slicions
/slaj.sjɔ̃/ 		sliciez
/slaj.sje/ 		sliçaient
/slaj.sɛ/
past historic2 sliçai
/slaj.se/ 		sliças
/slaj.sa/ 		sliça
/slaj.sa/ 		sliçâmes
/slaj.sam/ 		sliçâtes
/slaj.sat/ 		slicèrent
/slaj.sɛʁ/
future slicerai
/slaj.sə.ʁe/ 		sliceras
/slaj.sə.ʁa/ 		slicera
/slaj.sə.ʁa/ 		slicerons
/slaj.sə.ʁɔ̃/ 		slicerez
/slaj.sə.ʁe/ 		sliceront
/slaj.sə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional slicerais
/slaj.sə.ʁɛ/ 		slicerais
/slaj.sə.ʁɛ/ 		slicerait
/slaj.sə.ʁɛ/ 		slicerions
/slaj.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		sliceriez
/slaj.sə.ʁje/ 		sliceraient
/slaj.sə.ʁɛ/
(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 slice
/slajs/ 		slices
/slajs/ 		slice
/slajs/ 		slicions
/slaj.sjɔ̃/ 		sliciez
/slaj.sje/ 		slicent
/slajs/
imperfect2 sliçasse
/slaj.sas/ 		sliçasses
/slaj.sas/ 		sliçât
/slaj.sa/ 		sliçassions
/slaj.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		sliçassiez
/slaj.sa.sje/ 		sliçassent
/slaj.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — slice
/slajs/ 		— sliçons
/slaj.sɔ̃/ 		slicez
/slaj.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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