lança

See also: lanca, Lanča, and lancą

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃.sa/
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  • Homophones: lanças, lançât

Verb

lança

  1. third-person singular past historic of lancer

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Galician

Verb

lança

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of lançar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɐ̃.sɐ/

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
  • Hyphenation: lan‧ça

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese lança, from Latin lancea, from Celtiberian [Term?]. Cognate of English lance and launch, Galician and Spanish lanza, Catalan llança, Occitan lança, French lance and Italian lancia.

Noun

lança f (plural lanças)

  1. lance, spear (long stick with a sharp tip)

Etymology 2

Noun

lança m (plural lanças)

  1. (Brazil, slang) clipping of lança-perfume

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lança

  1. inflection of lançar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4

From Malay langsat.

Noun

lança m (plural lanças)

  1. langsat (fruit of the tree Lansium domesticum)

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