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

établir

jeter

déclencher

entamer

exécuter

faire partir

faire tomber

finir

fonder

instaurer

lâcher

présentation

projeter

reconstituer

rejeter

rétablir

télécharger

tirer

barcasse

éjecter

envoler

instituer

mettre à flots

mettre en vente

abaisser

mise en vente

catapulter

commencer

décharger

déjeuner

descendre

entreprendre

Synonymes

start

throw

initiate

begin

launching

cast

found

hurl

toss

long boat

propel

establish

catapult

set up

sling

boat

⛵

originate

set in motion

fling

discharge

introduction

inaugurate

float

spread

start up

open

pitch

embark on

plunge

unfold

project

set off

heave

eject

turn on

advance

undock

fire

🔥

opening

unleash

lead off

enter

mount

drop

input

drive

institute

establishment

starting

lob

liftoff

release

roll

shot

carry out

commencement

constitute

embarkation

shoot

chuck

send off

dash

💨

mobilize

motor boat

🛥️

open up

organize

origination

pinnace

plant

🌱

pleasure boat

plop

pop-up

precede

preface

premise

produce

projectile

projection

promote

propagate

put in

put on

radiative

reboot

run

sale

scatter

send

sending

set

shallop

shoot up

snap

spark

spill

splay

start out

startup

stir up

stretch

stretch out

surface

switch on

take down

takeoff

take off

take up

throwing

touch off

white out

transmit

transmitting

trigger

trip

undertake

unfurl

unload

unroll

upload

wash up

bale out

bully off

carry forward

dispread

set to

sow in

strike up

throw stones

offering for sale

begin the performance

motor ship

raise the curtain

repose on

long-boat

bringing onto the market

market launch

abreact

commercial launch

activate

actuate

apply

arouse

attempt

barrage

base

beginning

blastoff

boom

💥

boost

bring up

build on

build upon

circularise

climbing

🧗

close

commence

create

cutter

deliver

deploy

diffuse

dinghy

disperse

disseminate

distribute

divaricate

effuse

embark

emission

emissive

emitting

execute

expand

extend

face off

finish

firing

fly

✈️

form

forward

further

get going

get started

give forth

go

ground

immission

inauguration

incorporate

intake

intro

introduce

issue

jet

lance

lead

let out

lift-off

lower

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/lɔːnt͡ʃ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: launchen

In summary

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.

Phrases

The second launch in November ended with a failure during second stage burn .

Le deuxième lancement en novembre s'est terminé par une défaillance lors des brûlures en deuxième étape.