different between lacer vs laver

English

Etymology

lace +? -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?le?s.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -e?s?(r)
• Homophone: laser (Etymology 2)

Noun

lacer (plural lacers)

1. A person or thing who laces

Anagrams

• 'clare, Carle, Clare, Clear, carle, clear, recal

French

Etymology

See lacs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.se/
• Homophone: lasser

Verb

lacer

1. to lace, to lace up

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’.

Related terms

• lacet

Further reading

• “lacer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• caler, racle, raclé

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leh?k- (“to tear, rend”). Cognate with lancin?, Ancient Greek ????? (lakís).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.ker/, [???äk?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.t??er/, [?l??t???r]

Adjective

lacer (feminine lacera, neuter lacerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. lacerated, mangled, torn to pieces

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Derived terms

• lacer?

References

• lacer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lacer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lacer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Old French

Verb

lacer

1. Alternative form of lacier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English laver, lavre, lever, levre, laber (“a kind of water plant”), from Old English læfer, leber (“a rush (plant)”), a borrowing from Latin laver (“water plant”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?l??v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?l?v?/, /?le?v?/
• Rhymes: -??v?(?), -e?v?(?)
• Homophones: lava, larva (in non-rhotic accents)
• Hyphenation: lav?er

Noun

laver (countable and uncountable, plural lavers)

1. A red alga/seaweed, Porphyra umbilicalis (syn. Porphyra laciniata), eaten as a vegetable.
2. Other seaweeds similar in appearance or use, especially:
   1. Porphyra vulgaris

Derived terms

• black laver (Porphyra dioica)
• green laver (Ulva lactuca, Monostroma grevillei)
• kelp laver (Porphyra drachii)
• laver slack (Porphyra umbilicalis)
• laver sloke (Porphyra umbilicalis)
• laverbread (Porphyra umbilicalis)
• lettuce laver (Ulva lactuca)
• northern pink laver (Porphyra amplissima)
• pale patch laver (Porphyra leucosticta)
• purple laver (Porphyra nereocystis, Porphyra umbilicalis; Ulva lactuca)
• red laver (Porphyra nereocystis, Porphyra suborbiculata, Porphyra perforata, Porphyra umbilicalis)
• tough laver (Porphyra umbilicalis)
• winter laver (Porphyra linearis)

Translations

See also

• nori

Etymology 2

From Middle English laver, lavour, from Old French lavor, lavur, laveor, laveour, laveoir, from Latin lavatorium. Doublet of lavatory.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?le?v?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?le?v?/
• Rhymes: -e?v?(?)

Noun

laver (plural lavers)

1. One who laves: a washer.
2. Where one laves, a washroom, particularly a lavatorium, the washing area in a monastery.
3. That which laves, particularly a washbasin.

Synonyms

• (washbasin): See washbasin

Anagrams

• arvel, larve, ravel, reval, velar

Danish

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?l?w??]

Noun

laver c or n (lichen)

1. indefinite plural of lav

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?læ???], [?læ?w?]

Verb

laver

1. present tense of lave

French

Etymology

From Old French laver, from Latin lav?re, present active infinitive of lav?, from Proto-Indo-European *lewh?- (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ve/

Verb

laver

1. to wash
2. (reflexive) to wash oneself

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• “laver” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• larve

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?la.u?er/, [???äu??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?la.ver/, [?l??v?r]

Noun

laver f (genitive laveris); third declension

1. a water-plant, possibly water parsnip (Sium latifolium)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: laver

References

• laver in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• laver in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Verb

laver

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of lav?

Middle English

Noun

laver

1. Alternative form of lavour

Norman

Alternative forms

• lavaïr (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French laver, from Latin lav?, lav?re.

Pronunciation

Verb

laver (gerund lav'thie)

1. (Jersey) to wash

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

laver m or n

1. indefinite plural of lav

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lav?re, present active infinitive of lav?.

Verb

laver

1. (transitive) to wash
2. (reflexive, se laver) to get washed

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem lev distinct from the unstressed stem lav. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Related terms

• lavanderie

Descendants

• French: laver
• Norman: laver (Jersey), lavaïr (Guernsey)

See also

• nettoier