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5-letter words (3 found)

ANCLE,CLEAN,LANCE,

4-letter words (10 found)

ACNE,ALEC,ANCE,CANE,CLAN,ELAN,LACE,LANE,LEAN,NEAL,

3-letter words (10 found)

ACE,ALE,ANE,CAL,CAN,CEL,EAN,LAC,LEA,NAE,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 33 words from lance according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of lance

lance alnce lnace nlace anlce nalce lacne alcne lcane clane aclne calne lncae nlcae lcnae clnae nclae cnlae ancle nacle acnle canle ncale cnale lanec alnec lnaec nlaec anlec nalec laenc alenc leanc elanc aelnc ealnc lneac nleac lenac elnac nelac enlac anelc naelc aenlc eanlc nealc enalc lacen alcen lcaen claen aclen calen laecn alecn leacn elacn aelcn ealcn lcean clean lecan elcan celan eclan aceln caeln aecln eacln cealn ecaln lncea nlcea lcnea clnea nclea cnlea lneca nleca lenca elnca nelca enlca lcena clena lecna elcna celna eclna ncela cnela necla encla cenla ecnla ancel nacel acnel canel ncael cnael anecl naecl aencl eancl neacl enacl acenl caenl aecnl eacnl ceanl ecanl nceal cneal necal encal cenal ecnal

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Definitions and meaning of lance

lance

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: läns, IPA(key): /lɑːns/
  • (US) enPR: lăns, IPA(key): /læns/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːns, -æns

Noun

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. (fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
  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.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • lancet

Translations

Verb

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.
    Seized the due victim, and with fury lanced Her back. Dryden.
  2. To open with a lancet; 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!

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:lance.

Translations

See also

  • javelin
  • pike
  • spear

Anagrams

  • Calne, Lenca, ancle, clane, clean

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑ̃s/
  • Homophones: lancent, lances

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old French lance, from Latin lancea.

Noun

lance f (plural lances)

  1. a spear, lance
  2. (military) a soldier armed with a lance; a lancer
  3. a hose
Derived terms
  • fer de lance
  • lancette
  • lancier

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lance

  1. inflection of lancer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative
Derived terms
  • lance-roquette
  • relance (form of verb relancer)
Related terms

Further reading

  • “lance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin lancea.

Noun

lance f (plural lancis)

  1. lance, spear

Related terms

  • slançâ

Galician

Verb

lance

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

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlan.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -antʃe
  • Hyphenation: làn‧ce

Noun

lance f pl

  1. plural of lancia

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈlan.ke/, [ˈɫ̪äŋkɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlan.t͡ʃe/, [ˈlän̠ʲt͡ʃe]

Noun

lance

  1. ablative singular of lanx

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

lance

  1. Alternative form of launce

Etymology 2

Verb

lance

  1. Alternative form of launcen

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French lance.

Noun

lance f (plural lances)

  1. lance (weapon)
  2. lancer; lance

Descendants

  • French: lance

Old French

Etymology

From Latin lancea.

Noun

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

  1. lance (weapon)

Descendants

  • Middle French: lance
    • French: lance
  • → Middle English: launce
    • English: lance
  • → Middle High German: lanze
    • German: Lanze

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Deverbal from lançar.

Noun

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) thing (only used for non-physical things)
  5. flight (series of stairs between landings)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lance

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lancia (18th century).

Noun

lance f (plural lănci)

  1. spear, lance
    Synonym: suliță

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈlanθe/ [ˈlãn̟.θe]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈlanse/ [ˈlãn.se]
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -anθe
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -anse
  • Syllabification: lan‧ce

Etymology 1

Deverbal from lanzar.

Noun

lance m (plural lances)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lance

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

Further reading

  • “lance”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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