"launce" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-launce.wav [Southern-England] Forms: launces [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːns, -ɔːns Etymology: See lance. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lance}} lance Head templates: {{en-noun}} launce (plural launces)
  1. Obsolete form of lance. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: lance
    Sense id: en-launce-en-noun-HOzSWg7P
  2. sand eel, sand lance, fish of the family Ammodytidae Categories (lifeform): Trachinoid fish
    Sense id: en-launce-en-noun-ygKP-X~3 Disambiguation of Trachinoid fish: 4 92 0 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 82 2 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 83 2 8 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 4 78 1 4 4 2 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 78 1 4 4 2 3 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-launce.wav [Southern-England] Forms: launces [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːns, -ɔːns Etymology: From Italian lance, Latin lanx, lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”); compare balance. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|lance}} Italian lance, {{bor|en|la|lanx}} Latin lanx, {{m|la|lancis||plate, scale of a balance}} lancis (“plate, scale of a balance”), {{m|en|balance}} balance Head templates: {{en-noun}} launce (plural launces)
  1. (obsolete) A balance. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-launce-en-noun-taKbl7ni
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /lɑːns/, /lɔːns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-launce.wav [Southern-England] Forms: launces [present, singular, third-person], launcing [participle, present], launced [participle, past], launced [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːns, -ɔːns Etymology: See lance. Etymology templates: {{m|en|lance}} lance Head templates: {{en-verb}} launce (third-person singular simple present launces, present participle launcing, simple past and past participle launced)
  1. Obsolete form of lance. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: lance
    Sense id: en-launce-en-verb-HOzSWg7P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈlau̯ns(ə)/, /ˈlans(ə)/ Forms: launces [plural]
Etymology: From Old French lance, from Latin lancea. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|lance}} Old French lance, {{der|enm|la|lancea}} Latin lancea Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} launce, {{enm-noun}} launce (plural launces)
  1. A lance (long spear). Categories (topical): Military, Polearms
    Sense id: en-launce-enm-noun-QdT9j78V Disambiguation of Military: 32 38 30 0 0 Disambiguation of Polearms: 39 32 26 2 2
  2. A javelin (throwing spear). Categories (topical): Military, Polearms
    Sense id: en-launce-enm-noun-vHQR57CE Disambiguation of Military: 32 38 30 0 0 Disambiguation of Polearms: 39 32 26 2 2
  3. (rare) A lancer; someone armed with a lance. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Military, Polearms
    Sense id: en-launce-enm-noun-7XQfXyKP Disambiguation of Military: 32 38 30 0 0 Disambiguation of Polearms: 39 32 26 2 2
  4. (figurative, rare) That which is long and pointed. Tags: figuratively, rare
    Sense id: en-launce-enm-noun-u6T1LqPl
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lance, launs, launse, lawnce, lawnse Related terms: launceǒur, launcele, launcen, launcet, launcegay
Etymology number: 1

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} launce
  1. Alternative form of launcen (“to push forwards”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: launcen (extra: to push forwards)
    Sense id: en-launce-enm-noun--XLJh8Ut
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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