different between lances vs lancet

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: l?ns??z, IPA^(key): /?læns?z/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: läns??z, IPA^(key): /?l??ns?z/

Noun

lances

1. plural of lance

Verb

lances

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lance

Pronunciation

• enPR: l?ns??z, IPA^(key): /?lænsi?z/

Noun

lances

1. plural of lanx

Anagrams

• Clasen, N scale, ancles, censal, cleans, slance

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??s/
• Homophones: lance, lancent

Noun

lances f

1. plural of lance

Verb

lances

1. second-person singular present indicative of lancer
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of lancer

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lan.ke?s/, [???ä?ke?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lan.t??es/, [?l?n??t???s]

Noun

lanc?s

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of lanx

References

• lances in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lances in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Verb

lances

1. second-person singular (tu) present subjunctive of lançar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) negative imperative of lançar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /?lan?es/, [?lãn?.?es]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?lanses/, [?lãn.ses]

Verb

lances

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of lanzar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of lanzar.

English

Alternative forms

• launcet (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English launcet, from Old French lancete, a diminutive of lance .

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??n.s?t/
• (US, Canada, Northern England) IPA^(key): /læn.s?t/

Noun

lancet (plural lancets)

1. A sharp, pointed, two-edged surgical instrument used in venesection and for opening abscesses etc.
2. A small, sterile single-use needle used to draw a drop of blood for testing, as with a glucometer.
3. (metallurgy) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.

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4. (architecture) A high narrow window, terminating in an arch acutely pointed, often double or triple, common in the first half of the 13th century.

Hyponyms

• (sharp surgical instrument): fleam

Derived terms

• lancet arch
• (ichthyological): lancetfish

Translations

Verb

lancet (third-person singular simple present lancets, present participle lanceting, simple past and past participle lanceted)

1. To pierce with a lancet.

References

Anagrams

• cantel, cantle, cental

Middle English

Noun

lancet

1. Alternative form of launcet