different between pacer vs lacer

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

pace +? -er

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. One who paces.
2. In harness racing, a horse with a gait in which the front and back legs on one side take a step together alternating with the legs on the other side; as opposed to a trotter.
3. A pacemaker.

Etymology 2

From the brand name Pacer.

Noun

pacer (plural pacers)

1. (Australia) A mechanical pencil.

References

• Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pacer (accessed: April 07, 2007).

Anagrams

• caper, crape, recap

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese [Term?] (compare Portuguese pascer), from Latin p?scere, present active infinitive of p?sc? (compare Spanish pacer).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazo, first-person singular preterite pacín, past participle pacido)

1. to graze, to pasture
2. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of pacer
3. first/third-person singular personal infinitive of pacer

Conjugation

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura

Latin

Verb

p?cer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of p?c?

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin p?scere, present active infinitive of p?sc?, from Proto-Italic *p?sk?, from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to protect”).

Verb

pacer (first-person singular present pazco, first-person singular preterite pací, past participle pacido)

1. to graze, to pasture
2. to put out to pasture
3. to eat away, to nibble, to gnaw

Conjugation

Related terms

• pasto
• pastor
• pastura

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.