lazer

English

Etymology 1

laze +‎ -er

Noun

lazer (plural lazers)

1. One who lazes.
   • 1977, Ray Bradbury, Long After Midnight, page 10:

     He had worked on the motor and run it from city to dead city, through the lands of the idlers and roustabouts, the dreamers and lazers, […]

Etymology 2

Eye dialect of laser.

Noun

lazer (plural lazers)

1. (slang) Laser.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lezer, from Latin licēre (“to be allowed; to be permitted”). Possibly influenced by Old French leisir (compare Galician lecer).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈzeʁ/ [laˈzeh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈzeʁ/ [laˈzeh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈzeɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈzeʁ/ [laˈzeχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈzeɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈzeɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈzeɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈze.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: la‧zer

Noun

lazer m (plural lazeres)

1. leisure (time free from engagement)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French laser or from English laser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈla.zæɾ/, /ˈla.zɛɾ/
• IPA^(key): (common) /ɫaˈzæɾ/, /ɫaˈzɛɾ/, /ˈɫa.zæɾ/, /ˈɫa.zɛɾ/
• Hyphenation: la‧zer

Noun

lazer (definite accusative lazeri, plural lazerler)

1. (physics) laser

Declension

Declension of lazer

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	lazer	lazerler
definite accusative (belirtme)	lazeri	lazerleri
dative (yönelme)	lazere	lazerlere
locative (bulunma)	lazerde	lazerlerde
ablative (ayrılma)	lazerden	lazerlerden
genitive (tamlayan)	lazerin	lazerlerin

Derived terms

• lazer ışını

Further reading

• “lazer”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “lazer”, in Nişanyan Sözlük