lance

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Lance shape of an Egyptian bronze spear from Banha, 2nd millennium BC
Jousters with broken lances.

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Etymology [edit]

From Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

Noun [edit]

lance (plural lances)

  1. A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
  2. A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
  3. (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
  4. (military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
  5. (military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
  6. (founding) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
  7. (pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
  8. (medicine) A lancet.

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Verb [edit]

lance (third-person singular simple present lances, present participle lancing, simple past and past participle lanced)

  1. To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
    Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.
  2. To open with a lancet; to pierce; as, to lance a vein or an abscess.
  3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French, from Latin lancea.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /lɑ̃s/

Noun [edit]

lance f (plural lances)

  1. a spear, lance
  2. (military) a soldier armed with a lance; a lancer
  3. a hose

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Verb [edit]

lance

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lancer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of lancer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of lancer
  4. first-person singular present subjunctive of lancer
  5. second-person singular imperative of lancer

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Italian [edit]

Noun [edit]

lance f pl

  1. Plural form of lancia

Middle French [edit]

Noun [edit]

lance f (plural lances)

  1. lance (weapon)
  2. lancer; lance

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Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin lancea

Noun [edit]

lance f (oblique plural lances, nominative singular lance, nominative plural lances)

  1. lance (weapon)

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Portuguese [edit]

Verb [edit]

lance

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of lançar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of lançar
  3. first-person singular imperative of lançar
  4. third-person singular imperative of lançar

Romanian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Italian lancia (18th century).

Noun [edit]

lance f (plural lănci)

  1. spear, lance

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Spanish [edit]

Verb [edit]

lance (infinitive lanzar)

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of lanzar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of lanzar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of lanzar.