Noun: lancer
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | lancer |
| Plural m | lancers |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like lancer
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Old French lancier, from Late Latin lanceāre, from Latin lancea. Compare Catalan llançar; Italian lanciare; Occitan and Portuguese lançar; Spanish lanzar. See: Latin Nouns '
lancea', Italian Nouns '
lanciare'.
Translations
cast, to throw a fishing line or net into the water
debut, to formally introduce, as to the public
heave, to throw
institute, to begin or initiate something
launch, throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force
mount, to begin an assault, campaign etc.
pelt, to throw
pitch, to throw
pitch, baseball: to throw the ball toward home plate
play, use a device to watch or listen to the indicated recording
retort, To say something sharp or witty in answer to a remark or accusation
sling, to throw
throw, to cause an object to move rapidly through the air
toss, to throw with an initial upward direction