lascar
English
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editFrom Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), from Persian لشکر (laškar). Doublet of askari.
Noun
editlascar (plural lascars)
- (now chiefly historical) A sailor from India or Southeast Asia, especially as serving on a European ship.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence:
- A motley crowd saunters along the streets — Lascars off a P. and O., blond Northmen from a Swedish barque, Japanese from a man-of-war, English sailors, Spaniards, pleasant-looking fellows from a French cruiser, negroes off an American tramp.
- 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow:
- ...and what foreigner is it, exactly, that Pirate has in mind if it isn't that stateless lascar across his own mirror-glass, that poorest of exiles...
- 2020, Sujit Sivasundaram, Waves Across the South, William Collins, published 2021, page 35:
- As for the voyage itself, his account of Mauritius, where the ship stopped, saw the appearance of Muslim lascars.
- (Anglo-Indian) A tent-pitcher; also a type of artilleryman.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Asian genera Pantoporia and Lasippa.
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editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Hindustani لشکر / लश्कर (laśkar), itself from Persian لشکر.
Originally a nickname given in the early 19th century to Indian seamen on French ships travelling in the East Indies. With time, the term became somewhat pejorative.
Noun
editlascar m (plural lascars)
- lascar
- (somewhat derogatory) dude, guy
Further reading
edit- “lascar”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
editPronunciation
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- Hyphenation: las‧car
Verb
editlascar (first-person singular present lasco, first-person singular preterite lasquei, past participle lascado)
- to chip
Conjugation
edit1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Spanish
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Pronunciation
editVerb
editlascar (first-person singular present lasco, first-person singular preterite lasqué, past participle lascado)
- (nautical, transitive) to slacken; slip
Conjugation
editinfinitive | lascar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | lascando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | lascado | lascada | |||||
plural | lascados | lascadas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lasco | lascastú lascásvos |
lasca | lascamos | lascáis | lascan | |
imperfect | lascaba | lascabas | lascaba | lascábamos | lascabais | lascaban | |
preterite | lasqué | lascaste | lascó | lascamos | lascasteis | lascaron | |
future | lascaré | lascarás | lascará | lascaremos | lascaréis | lascarán | |
conditional | lascaría | lascarías | lascaría | lascaríamos | lascaríais | lascarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | lasque | lasquestú lasquésvos2 |
lasque | lasquemos | lasquéis | lasquen | |
imperfect (ra) |
lascara | lascaras | lascara | lascáramos | lascarais | lascaran | |
imperfect (se) |
lascase | lascases | lascase | lascásemos | lascaseis | lascasen | |
future1 | lascare | lascares | lascare | lascáremos | lascareis | lascaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | lascatú lascávos |
lasque | lasquemos | lascad | lasquen | ||
negative | no lasques | no lasque | no lasquemos | no lasquéis | no lasquen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading
edit- “lascar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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