launch

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
2. (obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
3. To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
4. To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
5. To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
6. To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
7. To release; to put onto the market for sale
8. Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
9. To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
10. To start to operate.

Noun

1. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
2. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
3. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.

Noun

1. The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
2. A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
3. An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

Concepts

lancer

lancement

chaloupe

déclencher

jeter

entamer

établir

faire partir

mettre à flots

envoler

déjeuner

finir

rejeter

tirer

mettre en vente

mise en vente

abaisser

descendre

décharger

faire tomber

commencer

projeter

présentation

lâcher

fonder

reconstituer

rétablir

barcasse

catapulter

éjecter

exécuter

entreprendre

instaurer

instituer

télécharger

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɔːnt͡ʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance.