laser

See also: Laser, LASER, láser, làser, läser, Läser, and låser

English

Red, green, and blue lasers

Etymology 1

From LASER, acronym of Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Coined by American physicist Gordon Gould in 1957. Originally called an optical maser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪz.ə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪzɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(r)

Noun

Laser modules

laser (plural lasers)

1. A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
2. A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
3. A laser printer.
   • 2004, PC Mag (volume 23, number 9, 18 May 2004, page 117)

     The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.

Synonyms

• LASER (acronym of light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation)
• optical maser, optical MASER

Related terms

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

Translations

device producing beam of light

• Albanian: lazer m
• Arabic: لَيْزِر m (layzir)
• Armenian: լազեր (hy) (lazer)
• Azerbaijani: lazer
• Basque: laser (eu)
• Belarusian: ла́зер m (lázjer)
• Bengali: লেজার (lejar)
• Bulgarian: ла́зер m (lázer)
• Burmese: လေဆာ (lehca)
• Catalan: làser (ca) m
• Cebuano: laser
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 激光 (gik¹ gwong¹), 雷射 (leoi⁴ se⁶) or 鐳射／镭射 (leoi⁴ se⁶), 镭射 (leoi⁴ se⁶)

  Hakka: 雷射 (lùi-sa)

  Mandarin: 激光 (zh) (jīguāng) (chiefly mainland China), 雷射 (zh) (léishè) or 鐳射／镭射 (zh) (léishè), 镭射 (zh) (léishè) (chiefly Taiwan)

  Min Nan: 雷射 (zh-min-nan) (lûi-siā)

• Czech: laser (cs) m
• Danish: laser c
• Dutch: laser (nl)
• Esperanto: lasero
• Estonian: laser (et)
• Finnish: laser (fi)
• French: laser (fr) m
• Georgian: ლაზერი (lazeri)
• German: Laser (de) m
• Greek: λέιζερ (el) (léizer)
• Hebrew: לייזר \ לֵיְזֶר (he) m (léizer)
• Hindi: लेज़र (lezar), लेसर (lesar), लाजार (lājār)
• Hungarian: lézer (hu)
• Icelandic: leysir m, leysigeisli m
• Ido: lasero (io)
• Indonesian: laser (id)
• Italian: laser m
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• Japanese: レーザー (ja) (rēzā)
• Kazakh: лазер (lazer)
• Khmer: ឧបករណ៍លេហ្សឺ (u'pa'kɑɑ leizəɨ)
• Korean: 레이저 (ko) (reijeo)
• Kyrgyz: лазер (ky) (lazer)
• Latvian: lāzers m
• Lithuanian: lazeris m
• Macedonian: ла́сер m (láser)
• Malay: laser
• Mongolian: лазер (mn) (lazer)
• Norman: laseux m
• Norwegian: laser m
• Persian: لیزر (fa) (leyzer)
• Polish: laser m
• Portuguese: laser (pt) m, lêiser (pt) m
• Romanian: laser (ro) n
• Russian: ла́зер (ru) m (lázer)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ласер m

  Roman: laser m

• Sinhalese: ලේසර් (lēsar)
• Spanish: láser m
• Swedish: laser (sv) c
• Tajik: лазер (lazer)
• Thai: เลเซอร์ (th) (lee-sə̂ə)
• Turkish: lazer (tr)
• Turkmen: lazer
• Ukrainian: ла́зер m (lázer)
• Urdu: لیزر (lezar)
• Uzbek: lazer (uz)
• Vietnamese: la-de (vi), kích quang (激光)
• Volapük: laser
• Yiddish: לאַזער m (lazer)

laser beam — see laser beam

laser printer — see laser printer

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”, 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.

Etymology 2

From Latin laser

Alternative forms

• lasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪsə(r)
• Homophone: lacer

Noun

laser (plural lasers)

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

Related terms

• laserpicium
• Laserpithium

See also

• silphium, silfium, silphion

Anagrams

• Arels, Lares, Searl, arles, arsle, earls, lares, lears, rales, reals, seral

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Basque

Noun

laser ?

1. laser

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧ser

Noun

laser

1. a device that produces laser
2. a laser beam

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Czech

Noun

1. laser (source of light)

Derived terms

• laserový

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Danish

Etymology 1

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛjsər/, [ˈlɛɪ̯sɐ] or IPA^(key): /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]

Noun

laser c (singular definite laseren, plural indefinite lasere)

1. laser [from 1964]

Inflection

Declension of laser

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

Etymology 2

See las (“rag, shred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]

Noun

laser c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of las

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• laaser, laaseri, laseri

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• 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

laser

1. laser

Declension

Inflection of laser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
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.

Possessive forms of laser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative laserini laserini accusative nom. laserini laserini gen. laserini genitive laserini laserieni lasereideni lasereitteni partitive laseriani lasereitani laserejani inessive laserissani lasereissani elative laseristani lasereistani illative laseriini lasereihini adessive laserillani lasereillani ablative laseriltani lasereiltani allative laserilleni lasereilleni essive laserinani lasereinani translative laserikseni lasereikseni abessive laserittani lasereittani instructive — — comitative — lasereineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative laserisi laserisi accusative nom. laserisi laserisi gen. laserisi genitive laserisi laseriesi lasereidesi lasereittesi partitive laseriasi lasereitasi laserejasi inessive laserissasi lasereissasi elative laseristasi lasereistasi illative laseriisi lasereihisi adessive laserillasi lasereillasi ablative laseriltasi lasereiltasi allative laserillesi lasereillesi essive laserinasi lasereinasi translative laseriksesi lasereiksesi abessive laserittasi lasereittasi instructive — — comitative — lasereinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative laserimme laserimme accusative nom. laserimme laserimme gen. laserimme genitive laserimme laseriemme lasereidemme lasereittemme partitive laseriamme lasereitamme laserejamme inessive laserissamme lasereissamme elative laseristamme lasereistamme illative laseriimme lasereihimme adessive laserillamme lasereillamme ablative laseriltamme lasereiltamme allative laserillemme lasereillemme essive laserinamme lasereinamme translative laseriksemme lasereiksemme abessive laserittamme lasereittamme instructive — — comitative — lasereinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative laserinne laserinne accusative nom. laserinne laserinne gen. laserinne genitive laserinne laserienne lasereidenne lasereittenne partitive laserianne lasereitanne laserejanne inessive laserissanne lasereissanne elative laseristanne lasereistanne illative laseriinne lasereihinne adessive laserillanne lasereillanne ablative laseriltanne lasereiltanne allative laserillenne lasereillenne essive laserinanne lasereinanne translative laseriksenne lasereiksenne abessive laserittanne lasereittanne instructive — — comitative — lasereinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative laserinsa laserinsa accusative nom. laserinsa laserinsa gen. laserinsa genitive laserinsa laseriensa lasereidensa lasereittensa partitive laseriaan laseriansa lasereitaan laserejaan lasereitansa laserejansa inessive laserissaan laserissansa lasereissaan lasereissansa elative laseristaan laseristansa lasereistaan lasereistansa illative laseriinsa lasereihinsa adessive laserillaan laserillansa lasereillaan lasereillansa ablative laseriltaan laseriltansa lasereiltaan lasereiltansa allative laserilleen laserillensa lasereilleen lasereillensa essive laserinaan laserinansa lasereinaan lasereinansa translative laserikseen laseriksensa lasereikseen lasereiksensa abessive laserittaan laserittansa lasereittaan lasereittansa instructive — — comitative — lasereineen lasereinensa

Anagrams

• resla

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.zɛʁ/

Etymology 1

From Latin laser

Noun

laser m (plural lasers)

1. laser (umbelliferous plant)

Etymology 2

From English laser

Noun

laser m (plural lasers)

1. (physics) laser

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Italian

Etymology

From English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.zer/

Noun

laser m (invariable)

1. (physics) laser

Derived terms

• spada laser

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Latin

Alternative forms

• lāsar

Noun

lāser n (genitive lāseris); third declension

1. 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.

2. (botany) the plant laserpitium itself

   Lasaris radix.

   The root of the laserpitium.

Declension

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

• “laser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English laser

Noun

laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural lasere, definite plural laserne)

1. a laser

Derived terms

• laserbehandling
• laserstråle

References

• “laser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English laser

Noun

laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural laserar, definite plural laserane)

1. a laser

Derived terms

• laserbehandling
• laserstråle

References

• “laser” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.sɛr/

Noun

laser m inan

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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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• lêiser (uncommon)

Noun

laser m (plural s)

1. laser (device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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