laser

English

Red, green, and blue lasers

Etymology 1

From LASER, acronym of Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Originally called an optical maser.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈleɪz.ə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈleɪzɚ/
  • Rhymes: -eɪzə(r)

Noun

Laser modules

laser (plural lasers)

  1. A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
  2. A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
  3. A laser printer.
    • 2004, PC Mag (volume 23, number 9, 18 May 2004, page 117)
      The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.
Synonyms
  • LASER (acronym of light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation)
  • optical maser, optical MASER
Translations
See also

Verb

laser (third-person singular simple present lasers, present participle lasering, simple past and past participle lasered)

  1. To cut with a laser
  2. (sports) To throw with laser-like precision
    • 2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Steelers tiptoe past Cards”, in Toronto Star‎:
      None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Etymology 2

From Latin laser

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -eɪsə(r)
  • Homophone: lacer

Noun

laser (plural lasers)

  1. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
  2. Such a plant.
See also

Anagrams

Basque

Noun

laser

  1. laser

Declension

"laser"
(inanimate noun) declension
indefinite singular plural
absolutivelaserlaserralaserrak
ergativelaserreklaserraklaserrek
dativelaserrilaserrarilaserrei
genitivelaserrenlaserrarenlaserren
comitativelaserrekinlaserrarekinlaserrekin
causativelaserrentzatlaserrarentzatlaserrentzat
benefactivelaserrengatiklaserrarengatiklaserrengatik
instrumentallaserrezlaserrazlaserrez
inessivelaserretanlaserranlaserretan
locativelaserretakolaserrekolaserretako
allativelaserretaralaserreralaserretara
terminativelaserretarainolaserrerainolaserretaraino
directivelaserretarantzlaserrerantzlaserretarantz
destinativelaserretarakolaserrerakolaserretarako
ablativelaserretatiklaserretiklaserretatik
partitivelaserrik
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prolativelasertzat
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Cebuano

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧ser

Noun

laser

  1. a device that produces laser
  2. a laser beam

Czech

Noun

laser m

  1. laser (source of light)

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology 1

From English laser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɛjsər/, [ˈlɛɪ̯sɐ] or IPA(key): /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]

Noun

laser c (singular definite laseren, plural indefinite lasere)

  1. laser [from 1964]
Inflection

Etymology 2

See las (“rag, shred”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]

Noun

laser c

  1. plural indefinite of las

Finnish

Etymology

From English laser.

Noun

laser

  1. laser

Declension

Inflection of laser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative laser laserit
genitive laserin laserien
lasereiden
lasereitten
partitive laseria lasereita
lasereja
illative laseriin lasereihin
singular plural
nominative laser laserit
accusative nom. laser laserit
gen. laserin
genitive laserin laserien
lasereiden
lasereitten
partitive laseria lasereita
lasereja
inessive laserissa lasereissa
elative laserista lasereista
illative laseriin lasereihin
adessive laserilla lasereilla
ablative laserilta lasereilta
allative laserille lasereille
essive laserina lasereina
translative laseriksi lasereiksi
instructive — laserein
abessive laseritta lasereitta
comitative — lasereineen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /la.zɛʁ/

Etymology 1

From Latin laser

Noun

laser m (plural lasers)

  1. laser (umbelliferous plant)

Etymology 2

From English laser

Noun

laser m (plural lasers)

  1. (physics) laser

Latin

Alternative forms

Noun

lāser n

  1. the juice of the plant laserpitium, assafœtida
    Laser e silphio profluens.
    The flowing juice from the silphium.
    Cuius sucus laser vocatur.
    Whose juice is called the juice of the laserpitium.
  2. (botany) the plant laserpitium itself
    Lasaris radix.
    The root of the laserpitium.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English laser

Noun

laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural lasere, definite plural laserne)

  1. a laser

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English laser

Noun

laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural laserar, definite plural laserane)

  1. a laser

Derived terms

References

Polish

Etymology

Abbreviation of “Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlas̪ɛr/

Noun

laser m inan

  1. laser

Declension

Derived terms

  • laserowy

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

laser m (plural lasers)

  1. laser (device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lâser/
  • Hyphenation: la‧ser

Noun

lȁser m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏сер)

  1. laser

Declension

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