lazer

English

Etymology 1

From laze +‎ -er.

Noun

lazer (plural lazers)

  1. One who lazes.
    • 1977, Ray Bradbury, Long After Midnight, page 10:
      He had worked on the motor and run it from city to dead city, through the lands of the idlers and roustabouts, the dreamers and lazers, […]

Etymology 2

Eye dialect of laser.

Noun

lazer (plural lazers)

  1. (slang) Laser.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lezer, from Latin licēre (“to be allowed; to be permitted”). Possibly influenced by Old French leisir (compare Galician lecer).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈzeʁ/ [laˈzeh]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /laˈzeɾ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /laˈzeʁ/ [laˈzeχ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /laˈzeɻ/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈzeɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /lɐˈze.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: la‧zer

Noun

lazer m (plural lazeres)

  1. leisure (time free from engagement)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French laser or from English laser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈla.zæɾ/, /ˈla.zɛɾ/
  • IPA(key): (common) /ɫaˈzæɾ/, /ɫaˈzɛɾ/, /ˈɫa.zæɾ/, /ˈɫa.zɛɾ/
  • Hyphenation: la‧zer

Noun

lazer (definite accusative lazeri, plural lazerler)

  1. (physics) laser

Declension

Declension of lazer
singular plural
nominative lazerler
definite accusative lazeri lazerleri
dative lazere lazerlere
locative lazerde lazerlerde
ablative lazerden lazerlerden
genitive lazerin lazerlerin

Derived terms

  • lazer ışını

Further reading

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