lancer

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

Derived terms

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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