lancer

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French lancierbor.
English lancer

    Borrowed from French lancier (“lancer”).

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    Noun

    lancer (plural lancers)Category:English lemmas#LANCERCategory:English nouns#LANCERCategory:English countable nouns#LANCERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LANCERCategory:Pages with entries#LANCERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#LANCER

    1. (militaryCategory:en:Military#LANCER) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
    2. (entomologyCategory:en:Entomology#LANCER) Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus PlastingiaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (genus)#Plastingia.
    3. One who lances something.

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    Etymology

    Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#LANCERCategory:French terms derived from Old French#LANCER lancier, from Late LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Late Latin#LANCERCategory:French terms derived from Late Latin#LANCER lanceāre, from LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#LANCERCategory:French terms derived from Latin#LANCER lancea. Compare Catalan llançar; Italian lanciare; Occitan and Portuguese lançar; Spanish lanzar.

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    Verb

    lancerCategory:French lemmas#LANCERCategory:French verbs#LANCERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LANCERCategory:Pages with entries#LANCERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#LANCER

    1. to throw
      Synonyms: jeter, projeter
    2. to start, to launch
    3. to call out, yell

    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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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    Noun

    lancer m (plural lancers)Category:French lemmas#LANCERCategory:French nouns#LANCERCategory:French countable nouns#LANCERCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LANCERCategory:French masculine nouns#LANCERCategory:Pages with entries#LANCERCategory:Pages with 2 entries#LANCER

    1. a throw
    2. (baseballCategory:fr:Baseball#LANCER) a pitch
    3. (field hockey or ice hockeyCategory:fr:Field hockey#LANCERCategory:fr:Ice hockey#LANCER) a shot

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