laser

From LASER, acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation Coined by American physicist Gordon Gould in 1957. Originally called an optical maser.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪz.ə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪzɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)

laser (countable and uncountable, plural lasers)

1. A device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light.
2. A beam of light produced by such a device; a laser beam.
3. A laser printer.
   • 2004 May 18, PC Mag, volume 23, number 9, page 117:

     The bad news is that nearly every color laser is too big to share a desk with comfortably.

4. (uncountable, medicine) Ellipsis of laser hair removal.

   I've still got a few more sessions of laser to get rid of the rest of my facial hair.

• LASER (acronym of light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation)
• optical maser, optical MASER

• Taser

laser (third-person singular simple present lasers, present participle lasering, simple past and past participle lasered)

1. (transitive) To cut, destroy or treat with a laser.

   I'm having my eyes lasered to correct my astigmatism.

2. (sports, informal, transitive) To throw or kick with laser-like precision.
   • 2009 February 2, Dave Perkins, “Steelers tiptoe past Cards”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     None was any more sensational than No.6, a fantastic 27-23 last-gasp win over the Arizona Cardinals, cemented by a brilliant toe-sticking TD catch by Santonio Holmes in the back of the end zone with 35 seconds remaining on a pass lasered by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

• laser in on

From Latin laser.

• lasar

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈleɪs.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)
• Homophone: lacer

laser (plural lasers)

2. A gum resin obtained from certain umbelliferous plants.
3. Such a plant.

• laserpicium
• Laserpithium

• silphium, silfium, silphion

• Searl, seral, reals, Sarel, ALSer, Lares, 'rales, Earls, arles, rales, Arles, Arels, saler, lares, earls, lears, arsle

laser inan

1. laser

From English laser.

• Hyphenation: la‧ser

laser

1. a device that produces laser
2. a laser beam

From English laser.

laser

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) laser beam
2. (Hong Kong Cantonese) beauty treatment that involves using laser

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛjzr̩]

laser m inan

1. laser (source of light)

• “laser”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “laser”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

From English laser.

• IPA^(key): /lɛjsər/, [ˈlɛɪ̯sɐ] or IPA^(key): /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]

laser c (singular definite laseren, plural indefinite lasere)

1. laser [from 1964]

See las (“rag, shred”).

• IPA^(key): /laːsər/, [ˈlæːsɐ]

laser c

1. indefinite plural of las

Borrowed from English laser.

• IPA^(key): /ˈleː.zər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: la‧ser
• Rhymes: -eːzər
• Homophone: lezer

laser m (plural lasers, diminutive lasertje n)

1. laser (monochromatic, coherent beam of light)
2. laser (device producing a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)
3. Laser (dinghy)

• laserpen
• laserpistool
• laserpointer
• laserprinter
• laserscanner
• laserstraal

• laaser, laaseri, laseri

From English laser.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)ser/, [ˈlɑ̝(ː)s̠e̞r]
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ(ː)seri/, [ˈlɑ̝(ː)s̠e̞ri]
• Rhymes: -ɑser, -ɑːser (pronunciation 1)
• Rhymes: -ɑseri, -ɑːseri (pronunciation 2)
• Syllabification^(key): la‧ser

laser

1. laser

Inflection of laser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		laser	laserit
genitive		laserin	laserien lasereiden lasereitten
partitive		laseria	lasereita lasereja
illative		laseriin	lasereihin
		singular	plural
nominative		laser	laserit
accusative	nom.	laser	laserit
	gen.	laserin
genitive		laserin	laserien lasereiden lasereitten
partitive		laseria	lasereita lasereja
inessive		laserissa	lasereissa
elative		laserista	lasereista
illative		laseriin	lasereihin
adessive		laserilla	lasereilla
ablative		laserilta	lasereilta
allative		laserille	lasereille
essive		laserina	lasereina
translative		laseriksi	lasereiksi
abessive		laseritta	lasereitta
instructive		—	laserein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of laser (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative laserini laserini accusative nom. laserini laserini gen. laserini genitive laserini laserieni lasereideni lasereitteni partitive laseriani lasereitani laserejani inessive laserissani lasereissani elative laseristani lasereistani illative laseriini lasereihini adessive laserillani lasereillani ablative laseriltani lasereiltani allative laserilleni lasereilleni essive laserinani lasereinani translative laserikseni lasereikseni abessive laserittani lasereittani instructive — — comitative — lasereineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative laserisi laserisi accusative nom. laserisi laserisi gen. laserisi genitive laserisi laseriesi lasereidesi lasereittesi partitive laseriasi lasereitasi laserejasi inessive laserissasi lasereissasi elative laseristasi lasereistasi illative laseriisi lasereihisi adessive laserillasi lasereillasi ablative laseriltasi lasereiltasi allative laserillesi lasereillesi essive laserinasi lasereinasi translative laseriksesi lasereiksesi abessive laserittasi lasereittasi instructive — — comitative — lasereinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative laserimme laserimme accusative nom. laserimme laserimme gen. laserimme genitive laserimme laseriemme lasereidemme lasereittemme partitive laseriamme lasereitamme laserejamme inessive laserissamme lasereissamme elative laseristamme lasereistamme illative laseriimme lasereihimme adessive laserillamme lasereillamme ablative laseriltamme lasereiltamme allative laserillemme lasereillemme essive laserinamme lasereinamme translative laseriksemme lasereiksemme abessive laserittamme lasereittamme instructive — — comitative — lasereinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative laserinne laserinne accusative nom. laserinne laserinne gen. laserinne genitive laserinne laserienne lasereidenne lasereittenne partitive laserianne lasereitanne laserejanne inessive laserissanne lasereissanne elative laseristanne lasereistanne illative laseriinne lasereihinne adessive laserillanne lasereillanne ablative laseriltanne lasereiltanne allative laserillenne lasereillenne essive laserinanne lasereinanne translative laseriksenne lasereiksenne abessive laserittanne lasereittanne instructive — — comitative — lasereinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative laserinsa laserinsa accusative nom. laserinsa laserinsa gen. laserinsa genitive laserinsa laseriensa lasereidensa lasereittensa partitive laseriaan laseriansa lasereitaan laserejaan lasereitansa laserejansa inessive laserissaan laserissansa lasereissaan lasereissansa elative laseristaan laseristansa lasereistaan lasereistansa illative laseriinsa lasereihinsa adessive laserillaan laserillansa lasereillaan lasereillansa ablative laseriltaan laseriltansa lasereiltaan lasereiltansa allative laserilleen laserillensa lasereilleen lasereillensa essive laserinaan laserinansa lasereinaan lasereinansa translative laserikseen laseriksensa lasereikseen lasereiksensa abessive laserittaan laserittansa lasereittaan lasereittansa instructive — — comitative — lasereineen lasereinensa

• “laser”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• resla

• IPA^(key): /la.zɛʁ/

From Latin laser.

laser m (plural lasers)

1. laser (umbelliferous plant)

From English laser.

laser m (plural lasers)

1. (physics) laser

• sabre laser

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

laser

1. (physics) to laser

Borrowed from English laser.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.zer/^[1]
• Rhymes: -azer
• Hyphenation: là‧ser

laser m (invariable)

1. (physics) laser

• spada laser

• lāsar

lāser n (genitive lāseris); third declension

1. the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida

   Laser e silphio profluens.

   The flowing juice from the silphium.

   Cuius sucus laser vocatur.

   Whose juice is called the juice of the laserpitium.

2. (botany) the plant laserpitium itself

   Lasaris radix.

   The root of the laserpitium.

3. (New Latin) A device that produces laser
4. (New Latin) The laser beam.

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lāser	lāsera
Genitive	lāseris	lāserum
Dative	lāserī	lāseribus
Accusative	lāser	lāsera
Ablative	lāsere	lāseribus
Vocative	lāser	lāsera

• “laser”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Leo Latinus (25 December 2014). "Epistula LXXXIII". Epistulae Leoninae: 19: “… quia laseribus (*laser, -eris n. – Laser = Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) caeruleis in discum compactum multo plura data imponi possunt quam rubris.”.

From English laser.

laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural lasere, definite plural laserne)

1. a laser

• laserbehandling
• laserstråle

• “laser” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From English laser.

laser m (definite singular laseren, indefinite plural laserar, definite plural laserane)

1. a laser

• laserbehandling
• laserstråle

• “laser” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Borrowed from English laser.

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.sɛr/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -asɛr
• Syllabification: la‧ser
• Homophone: Laser

laser m inan (related adjective laserowy)

1. laser (device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)
2. laser, laser beam (beam of light produced by such a device)
3. (cosmetics) therapeutic or cosmetic procedure performed with a laser

• laser in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• laser in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• laser in PWN's encyclopedia

• lêiser (uncommon)

Borrowed from English laser.

laser m (plural lasers)

1. laser (device that produces a monochromatic, coherent beam of light)

Borrowed from English laser or French laser.

laser n (plural lasere)

1. laser

• IPA^(key): /lâser/
• Hyphenation: la‧ser

lȁser m (Cyrillic spelling ла̏сер)

1. laser

laser c

1. a laser (device)
2. laser (as a technology)
3. a laser (laser beam)

   Synonym: laserstråle

4. a Laser (type of dinghy)

• laserbehandling (“laser treatment”)
• lasereld (“laser fire”)
• laserpekare (“laser pointer”)
• laserpenna (“laser pen”)
• lasersikte (“laser sight”)
• laserskrivare (“laser printer”)

• lasra (“to laser”)

• laser in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• laser in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• laser in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)