lançage or lancement, n.m., darting, throwing; (nav.) launch, launching.
lance, n.f., lance, spear; staff; flagstaff; nozzle (of a fire-hose). Rompre une — pour quelqu’un; to take up the cudgels for any one. Baisser la —; to strike one’s flag, to give in.
lancéolaire, adj., (bot.) lanceolate, lanceolated, lance-shaped (of leaves).
lancéolé, -e, adj., (bot.) lanceolate.
lancer, v.a., to dart, to fling, to hurl, to throw, to cast, to launch; to shoot, to shoot forth; to issue (a warrant). — un javelot; to dart a javelin. — une pierre; to fling a stone. — un regard de colère; to dart an angry look. — des regards; to cast looks. — une flèche; to shoot an arrow. — un cheval; to push on a horse. — un vaisseau; to launch a ship. — un arrêt; to issue a warrant or fiat.
se lancer, v.r., to dart, to spring; to rush, to make a rush; to launch; to start; to fly; (fig.) to make a start. Se — dans les affaires; to launch out (into business).
lancer, v.n., (of a ship) to yaw, to sheer.
lancette, n.f., (surg.) lancet. Donner un coup de —; to lance.
lanceur, n.m., pushing fellow. — d’affaires; company promoter, speculator.
lanceuse, n.f., procuress, go-between.