lancer

English

Etymology

From French lancier (“lancer”)

Noun

lancer (plural lancers)

  1. (military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon

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French

Etymology

From Old French lancier, from Late Latin lanceāre, present active infinitive of lanceō, 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
  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)
simple compound
infinitive lancer avoir lancé
gerund en lançant en ayant lancé
present participle lançant
/lɑ̃.sɑ̃/
past participle lancé
/lɑ̃.se/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
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 historic1 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
simple
tenses		 present lance
/lɑ̃s/		 lances
/lɑ̃s/		 lance
/lɑ̃s/		 lancions
/lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 lanciez
/lɑ̃.sje/		 lancent
/lɑ̃s/
imperfect1 lançasse
/lɑ̃.sas/		 lançasses
/lɑ̃.sas/		 lançât
/lɑ̃.sa/		 lançassions
/lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 lançassiez
/lɑ̃.sa.sje/		 lançassent
/lɑ̃.sas/
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— lance
/lɑ̃s/		 — lançons
/lɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 lancez
/lɑ̃.se/		 —
1literary tenses

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Noun

lancer m (plural lancers)

  1. a throw
  2. (baseball) a pitch

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