different between lancet vs lancer

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

English

Etymology

From French lancier (“lancer”).

Noun

lancer (plural lancers)

1. (military) A cavalry soldier armed with a lance weapon.
2. (entomology) Any of various Asian hesperiid butterflies of the genus Plastingia.
3. One who lances something.
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Synonyms

• uhlan

Coordinate terms

Translations

Further reading

• lancer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Carlen, necral

French

Etymology

From Old French lancier, from Late Latin lance?re, present active infinitive of lance?, from Latin lancea. Compare Catalan llançar, Italian lanciare, Occitan and Portuguese lançar, Spanish lanzar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l??.se/

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’.

Synonyms

• jeter
• projeter

Derived terms

• lance et compte

Descendants

• ? Dutch: lanceren
• ? German: lancieren

Noun

lancer m (plural lancers)

1. a throw
2. (baseball) a pitch
3. (field hockey or ice hockey) a shot

Related terms

Further reading

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