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lance

See also: Lance and lancé

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

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Latin lancea
Old French lancebor.
Middle English launce
English lance

    From Middle English launce, from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

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    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. A whaling implement consisting of a long wooden shaft with a projecting iron shank tipped with a broad, leaf-shaped cutting blade, used to kill harpooned whales by repeated thrusts.
      • 1899 August 28, The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser, NSW, page 4, column 2:
        ‘Stern all!’ and the harpooner tumbles aft and grips the steer oar, and the steersman takes his place in the head of the boat with his keen-edged lance.
      • 1961, Tom Mead, Killers of Eden, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 36:
        Again they changed positions and George was clutching the sweep while his father got the lance ready for’ard.
    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. (metallurgy) 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.
    9. A piece in the game of shogi that can move directly forward any number of squares.

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    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.
    2. (medicine) To open with a lancet; to prick or cut open with a sharp instrument; to pierce.
      to lance a vein or an abscess
    3. To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
    4. (informal) To steal or swipe.
      He lanced my drink and spiked it!
    5. To move suddenly and quickly.

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    French

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    Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

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    lance f (plural lances)

    1. a spear, lance
    2. (military) a lancer (a soldier armed with a lance)
    3. a hose
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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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    lance

    1. inflection of lancer:
      1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
      2. second-person singular imperative
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    Friulian

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    From Latin lancea.

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    lance f (plural lancis)

    1. lance, spear
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    Galician

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    lance

    1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of lançar:
      1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
      2. third-person singular imperative

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    lance f pl

    1. plural of lancia

    Latin

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    lance

    1. ablative singular of lanx

    Middle English

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    Etymology 1

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    lance

    1. alternative form of launce

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    lance

    1. alternative form of launcen

    Middle French

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    Etymology

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    From Old French lance.

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    lance f (plural lances)

    1. lance (weapon)
    2. lancer; lance

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    • French: lance

    Old French

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    Etymology

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      From Latin lancea.

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

      1. lance (weapon)

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      Etymology 1

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      Latin lancea
      Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
      Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
      Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
      Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
      Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
      Proto-Italic *-ājō
      Proto-Italic *-āō
      Latin -ō
      Late Latin lanceāre
      Old Galician-Portuguese lançar
      Portuguese lançardeverb.
      Portuguese lance

        Deverbal from lançar.

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        lance m (plural lances)

        1. throw (act of throwing something)
          Synonyms: arremesso, jogada, lançamento
        2. bid (offer at an auction)
          Synonym: lanço
        3. (sports) a series of actions carried out during a game
          Synonym: jogada
        4. (informal) matter, thing (crux, subject; only used for non-physical things)
          Synonyms: parada, (Portugal) cena
          E aí, qual é o lance?
          So, what's up?
          Esse é o lance, mano. As coisas não podem ficar assim.
          That's the thing, dude. Things can't stay this way.
        5. (informal) thing, fling (romantic relationship)
          • 2012, “Lancinho”, in Leiz (music), O Som das Multidões, performed by Turma do Pagode:
            Namora, mas adora um proibido
            E eu que sou culpado, eu que sou bandido
            Prefere um romance escondido
            Sai na madrugada pra dar lancinho comigo
            You're dating, but you sure love the forbidden
            And then it's my fault, [and then] I'm the criminal
            You'd rather keep our hookups hidden
            You go out past midnight to go on a fling night
        6. flight (series of stairs between landings)
          Uma vez eu já caí dez lances de escadas. Não recomendo.
          I once fell ten flights of stairs. I don't advise it.
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        Etymology 2

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          See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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          lance

          1. inflection of lançar:
            1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
            2. third-person singular imperative

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          Romanian

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          Borrowed from Italian lancia (18th century).

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          lance f (plural lănci)

          1. spear, lance
            Synonym: suliță

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          singular plural
          indefinite definite indefinite definite
          nominative-accusative lance lancea lănci lăncile
          genitive-dative lănci lăncii lănci lăncilor
          vocative lance, lanceo lăncilor

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          Etymology 1

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            Deverbal from lanzar.

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            lance m (plural lances)

            1. launch (act of launching)
              Synonym: lanzamiento
            2. throw
            3. cast (fishing)
            4. situation
            5. telling-off; scolding
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            Etymology 2

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              See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

              Verb

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              lance

              1. inflection of lanzar:
                1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
                2. third-person singular imperative

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