laser
English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]
From LASER, acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. Coined by American physicist Gordon Gould in 1957. Originally called an optical maser.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]

laser (countable and uncountable, plural lasers)
- A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
- A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
- A laser printer.
- 2004 May 18, PC Mag, volume 23, number 9, page 117:
- The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.
- (uncountable, medicine) Ellipsis of laser hair removal.
- I've still got a few more sessions of laser to get rid of the rest of my facial hair.
Synonyms[edit]
- LASER (acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation)
- optical maser, optical MASER
Derived terms[edit]
- antilaser
- atom laser
- chemical laser
- CO2 laser
- excimer laser
- fiber laser
- lase
- laser beam
- laser card
- laser cooling
- laser copier
- laser diode
- laser disc
- laser disk
- laser eye surgery
- laser focus
- laser-focused
- laser-gun
- laser gun
- laser harp
- laserist
- laserless
- laserlike
- laser pen
- laser-plasma accelerator
- laser pointer
- laser printer
- laserproof
- laserpuncture
- laser rot
- laser surgery
- laser tag
- laser typeset
- laser typesetting
- LASIK
- maser
- MOPA laser
- Newton's flaming laser sword
- Newton's laser sword
- nonlaser
- quantum cascade laser
- Raman laser
- ring laser
Translations[edit]
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Verb[edit]
laser (third-person singular simple present lasers, present participle lasering, simple past and past participle lasered)
- (transitive) To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.
- I'm having my eyes lasered to correct my astigmatism.
- (sports, informal, transitive) To throw or kick with laser-like precision.
- 2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Steelers tiptoe past Cards”, in Toronto Star[1]:
- 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.
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser (plural lasers)
- A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
- Such a plant.
Related terms[edit]
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Anagrams[edit]
Basque[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser inan
Declension[edit]
indefinite | singular | plural | |
---|---|---|---|
absolutive | laser | laserra | laserrak |
ergative | laserrek | laserrak | laserrek |
dative | laserri | laserrari | laserrei |
genitive | laserren | laserraren | laserren |
comitative | laserrekin | laserrarekin | laserrekin |
causative | laserrengatik | laserrarengatik | laserrengatik |
benefactive | laserrentzat | laserrarentzat | laserrentzat |
instrumental | laserrez | laserraz | laserrez |
inessive | laserretan | laserrean | laserretan |
locative | laserretako | laserreko | laserretako |
allative | laserretara | laserrera | laserretara |
terminative | laserretaraino | laserreraino | laserretaraino |
directive | laserretarantz | laserrerantz | laserretarantz |
destinative | laserretarako | laserrerako | laserretarako |
ablative | laserretatik | laserretik | laserretatik |
partitive | laserrik | — | — |
prolative | lasertzat | — | — |
Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: la‧ser
Noun[edit]
laser
- a device that produces laser
- a laser beam
Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) laser beam
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) beauty treatment that involves using laser
Synonyms[edit]
Variety | Location | Words |
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 激光 Mainland China, Hong Kong, 雷射 Taiwan, Hong Kong, 萊塞 dated in Mainland China | |
Mandarin | Taiwan | 雷射 |
Singapore | 雷射 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 雷射, 激光 |
Hong Kong | 雷射, 激光, laser | |
Hakka | Meixian | 雷射 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 激光 |
Quanzhou | 激光 | |
Zhangzhou | 激光 | |
Tainan | 雷射 | |
Shantou | 激光 | |
Note | 雷射 is also written 鐳射. |
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m inan
- laser (source of light)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- laser in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
- laser in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser c (singular definite laseren, plural indefinite lasere)
- laser [from 1964]
Inflection[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See las (“rag, shred”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser c
- indefinite plural of las
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m (plural lasers, diminutive lasertje n)
- laser (monochromatic, coherent beam of light)
- laser (device producing a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)
- Laser (dinghy)
Derived terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)ser/, [ˈlɑ̝(ː)s̠e̞r]
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)seri/, [ˈlɑ̝(ː)s̠e̞ri]
- Rhymes: -ɑser, -ɑːser (pronunciation 1)
- Rhymes: -ɑseri, -ɑːseri (pronunciation 2)
- Syllabification(key): la‧ser
Noun[edit]
laser
Declension[edit]
Inflection of laser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | laser | laserit | ||
genitive | laserin | laserien lasereiden lasereitten | ||
partitive | laseria | lasereita lasereja | ||
illative | laseriin | lasereihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | laser | laserit | ||
accusative | nom. | laser | laserit | |
gen. | laserin | |||
genitive | laserin | laserien lasereiden lasereitten | ||
partitive | laseria | lasereita lasereja | ||
inessive | laserissa | lasereissa | ||
elative | laserista | lasereista | ||
illative | laseriin | lasereihin | ||
adessive | laserilla | lasereilla | ||
ablative | laserilta | lasereilta | ||
allative | laserille | lasereille | ||
essive | laserina | lasereina | ||
translative | laseriksi | lasereiksi | ||
abessive | laseritta | lasereitta | ||
instructive | — | laserein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading[edit]
- “laser”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m (plural lasers)
- laser (umbelliferous plant)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m (plural lasers)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “laser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Etymology 3[edit]
Verb[edit]
laser
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m (invariable)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ laser in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Noun[edit]
lāser n (genitive lāseris); third declension
- the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida
- Laser e silphio profluens.
- The flowing juice from the silphium.
- Cuius sucus laser vocatur.
- Whose juice is called the juice of the laserpitium.
- (botany) the plant laserpitium itself
- Lasaris radix.
- The root of the laserpitium.
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lāser | lāsera |
Genitive | lāseris | lāserum |
Dative | lāserī | lāseribus |
Accusative | lāser | lāsera |
Ablative | lāsere | lāseribus |
Vocative | lāser | lāsera |
References[edit]
- “laser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural lasere, definite plural laserne)
- a laser
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “laser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural laserar, definite plural laserane)
- a laser
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “laser” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m inan
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- laser in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- laser in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- lêiser (uncommon)
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
laser m (plural lasers)
- laser (device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English laser or French laser.
Noun[edit]
laser n (plural lasere)
Declension[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lȁser m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏сер)
Declension[edit]
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑːseri/2 syllables
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- it:Physics
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