laser

See also Laser, láser, and làser

English

Red, green, and blue-violet lasers

Etymology 1

Acronym of Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Originally called an optical maser.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈleɪz.ə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"leIz.@(r)/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(r)

Noun

Wikipedia laser (plural lasers)

1. A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.

Related terms

• antilaser
• lase
• Laserdisc, laser disc, laser disk
• laserless
• laserlike
• laser printer
• maser
• nonlaser
• quantum cascade laser

Translations

device producing beam of light

• Arabic: ليزر (ar) (layzir) m
• Armenian: լազեր (hy) (lazer) 
• Belarusian: лазер (be) (lázer) m 
• Bulgarian: лазер (bg) (lázer) m 
• Catalan: làser m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激光 (cmn) (jīguāng), 雷射 (cmn) (léishè) (Taiwan)

• Czech: laser (cs) m
• Danish: laser (da) c
• Dutch: laser (nl)
• Esperanto: lasero (eo)
• Estonian: laser (et)
• Finnish: laser (fi)
• French: laser (fr) m
• Georgian: ლაზერი (ka) (lazeri) 
• German: Laser (de) m
• Greek: λέιζερ (el) (léizer) 
• Hebrew: לייזר (he)
• Hindi: लेसर विज्ञान (hi) (lēsar vijñān), लेज़र (hi) (lēzar), लेसर (hi) (lēsar), लाजार (hi) (lājār)
• Hungarian: lézer (hu)
• Icelandic: leysir (is) m, leysigeisli (is) m

• Italian: laser (it) m
• Japanese: レーザー (ja) (rēzā)
• Jèrriais: laseux m
• Khmer: ឧបករណ៍លេហ្សឺ (km) (u'pa'kɑɑ leizəɨ)
• Korean: 레이저 (ko) (leijeo)
• Latvian: lāzers m
• Lithuanian: lazeris (lt)
• Macedonian: ласер (mk) (láser) m
• Norwegian: laser (no) m
• Persian: لیزر (fa)
• Polish: laser m
• Portuguese: lêiser (pt) m
• Romanian: laser (ro) n
• Russian: лазер (ru) (lázer) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: ласер (sh) m, laser (sh) m
• Spanish: láser (es) m
• Swedish: laser (sv) c
• Thai: เลเซอร์ (th) (layser)
• Turkish: lazer (tr)
• Ukrainian: лазер (uk) (lázer) m 
• Urdu: لیزر (ur)
• Vietnamese: la-de (vi)
• Volapük: laser (vo)

See also

• Taser

Verb

laser (third-person singular simple present lasers, present participle lasering, simple past and past participle lasered)

1. To cut with a laser
2. (sports) To throw with laser-like precision
   • 2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Steelers tiptoe past Cards”, Toronto Star:

     None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

Etymology 2

From Latin

Alternative forms

• lasar

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /"leIs.@(r)/
• Rhymes: -eɪsə(r)
• Homophone: lacer

Noun

laser (plural lasers)

1. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
2. Such a plant.

Related terms

• laserpicium
• Laserpithium

See also

• silphium, silfium, silphion

Anagrams

• earls
• lares
• rales
• reals

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Czech

Noun

laser m

1. laser (source of light)

Derived terms

• laserový

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Danish

Etymology 1

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lɛjsər/, [ˈlɛjsɐ] or IPA: /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]

Noun

laser c (singular definite laseren, plural indefinite lasere)

1. laser [from 1964]

Inflection

    Inflection of laser

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	laser	laseren	lasere	laserne
genitive	lasers	laserens	laseres	lasernes

Etymology 2

See las (“rag, shred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]

Noun

laser c

1. plural indefinite of las

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Finnish

Etymology

From English laser.

Noun

laser

1. laser

Declension

Declension of laser (type paperi) singular plural nominative laser laserit genitive laserin laserien lasereiden lasereitten partitive laseria lasereita lasereja accusative laser laserin laserit inessive laserissa lasereissa elative laserista lasereista illative laseriin lasereihin adessive laserilla lasereilla ablative laserilta lasereilta allative laserille lasereille essive laserina lasereina translative laseriksi lasereiksi instructive – laserein abessive laseritta lasereitta comitative – lasereineen

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Latin

Alternative forms

• lāsar

Noun

lāser n (genitive lāseris)

1. the juice of the plant laserpitium, assafœtida

   Laser e silphio profluens.

   The flowing juice from the silphium.

   Cuius sucus laser vocatur.

   Who's juice is called the juice of the laserpitium.

2. (botany) the plant laserpitium itself

   Lasaris radix.

   The root of the laserpitium.

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Polish

Etymology

Abbreviation of “Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation”.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlas̪ɛr/

Noun

laser m

1. laser

Declension

    declension of laser

	singular	plural
nominative	laser	lasery
genitive	lasera	laserów
dative	laserowi	laserom
accusative	laser	lasery
instrumental	laserem	laserami
locative	laserze	laserach
vocative	laserze	lasery

Derived terms

• laserowy

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /lâser/
• Hyphenation: la‧ser

Noun

lȁser m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏сер)

1. laser

Declension

    declension of laser

	singular	plural
nominative	laser	laseri
genitive	lasera	lasera
dative	laseru	laserima
accusative	laser	lasere
vocative	laseru	laseri
locative	laseru	laserima
instrumental	laserom	laserima