The tongue wounds more than a lance.
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Lance
//lɑːns//
Synonyms for "lance" (137 found)
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13 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
7 entriesderived
41 entriesShowing 16 of 41 words.
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5 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
56 entriesShowing 16 of 56 words.
Translations
139 translations across 56 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- λόγχη verb (weapon of war)
Armenian
3 entries- գեղարդ verb (weapon of war)
- նիզակ verb (weapon of war)
- տեգ verb (weapon of war)
Asturian
1 entries- llanza verb (weapon of war)
Bulgarian
4 entries- копие verb (weapon of war)
- копие verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- пронизвам verb (to pierce with a lance)
- прорежа verb (to pierce or open an abscess)
Catalan
3 entries- llança verb (weapon of war)
- llança verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- llança verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- نێزە verb (weapon of war)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 長矛 /长矛 verb (weapon of war)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- tepoztōpīlli verb (weapon of war)
Czech
4 entries- dlouhé kopí verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- dřevec verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- harpuna verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
- kopí verb (weapon of war)
Danish
1 entries- lanse verb (weapon of war)
Dutch
3 entries- lans verb (weapon of war)
- lans verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- lans verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
Egyptian
1 entries- mrḥ verb (weapon of war)
Esperanto
2 entries- lanco verb (weapon of war)
- lanco verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
Estonian
1 entries- oda verb (weapon of war)
Faroese
2 entries- langspjót verb (weapon of war)
- lansi verb (weapon of war)
Finnish
4 entries- harppuuna verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
- keihäs verb (weapon of war)
- keihäsmies verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
- peitsi verb (weapon of war)
French
4 entries- lance verb (weapon of war)
- lance verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- lance verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
- lance verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
Friulian
1 entries- lance verb (weapon of war)
Galician
1 entries- lanza verb (weapon of war)
Georgian
4 entries- განგმირვა verb (to pierce with a lance)
- ლახვარი verb (weapon of war)
- შუბი verb (weapon of war)
- შუბოსანი verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
German
4 entries- Harpune verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
- Harpune mit Sprenggeschoss verb ((military) instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordinance)
- Lanze verb (weapon of war)
- Lanze verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
Greek
1 entries- λόγχη verb (weapon of war)
Hebrew
1 entries- רֹמַח verb (weapon of war)
Hungarian
4 entries- kopja verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- lándzsa verb (weapon of war)
- lándzsa verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- lándzsás verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
Ido
2 entries- lanco verb (weapon of war)
- lanco verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
Indonesian
1 entries- ganjur verb (weapon of war)
Irish
1 entries- sleá verb (weapon of war)
Italian
3 entries- incidere verb (to pierce or open an abscess)
- infilzare verb (to pierce with a lance)
- lancia verb (weapon of war)
Japanese
4 entries- 槍 verb (weapon of war)
- 矛 verb (weapon of war)
- 矠 verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
- 簎 verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
Kazakh
2 entries- найза verb (weapon of war)
- сүңгі verb (weapon of war)
Latin
2 entries- lancea verb (weapon of war)
- lancia verb (weapon of war)
Macedonian
4 entries- ко́пјаник verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
- ко́пје verb (weapon of war)
- ко́пје verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- ко́пје verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
Malay
1 entries- tombak verb (weapon of war)
Middle English
2 entries- launce verb (weapon of war)
- launce verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
Mongolian
1 entries- жад verb (weapon of war)
Māori
4 entries- oka verb (to pierce or open an abscess)
- rāti verb (weapon of war)
- rāti verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
- rāti verb (to pierce with a lance)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- nize verb (weapon of war)
- nîze verb (weapon of war)
Occitan
1 entries- lança verb (weapon of war)
Old Norse
1 entries- spjót verb (weapon of war)
Persian
2 entries- نیزه verb (weapon of war)
- نیزهور verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
Polish
4 entries- harpun verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
- kopia verb (weapon of war)
- kopia verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- lanca verb (weapon of war)
Portuguese
3 entries- lanceiro verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
- lança verb (weapon of war)
- lança verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
Romanian
4 entries- fuște verb (weapon of war)
- lance verb (weapon of war)
- lăncier verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
- suliță verb (weapon of war)
Russian
1 entries- пи́ка verb (weapon of war)
Sanskrit
1 entries- शल्य verb (weapon of war)
Sardinian
2 entries- lancia verb (weapon of war)
- lantza verb (weapon of war)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- gath verb (weapon of war)
- sleagh verb (weapon of war)
Sicilian
1 entries- lanza verb (weapon of war)
Spanish
2 entries- lancero verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
- lanza verb (weapon of war)
Tagalog
1 entries- tulag verb (weapon of war)
Thai
1 entries- ทวน verb (weapon of war)
Turkish
4 entries- cirit verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- kargı verb (weapon of war)
- kargılamak verb (to pierce with a lance)
- kargılı verb ((military) soldier armed with a lance)
Ugaritic
1 entries- 𐎎𐎗𐎈 verb (weapon of war)
Venetan
2 entries- lancia verb (weapon of war)
- lansa verb (weapon of war)
Welsh
3 entries- gwaywffon verb (weapon of war)
- gwaywffon verb (wooden weapon used in jousting or tilting)
- tryfer verb (spear or harpoon used by whalers)
Xârâcùù
1 entries- jö verb (weapon of war)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not wish to recall, there lived not long ago a nobleman. To his name he had a lance in its sheath, an old leather buckler, a scrawny workhorse and a greyhound that scurried about.
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Claire spun back toward Loren and Lance.
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When you “lance un chameau” or throw a camel in the Democratic Republic of Congo, you have made a spelling mistake.
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