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Definition for: placer

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈpleɪsə/
    Rhymes: -eɪsə(r)

Etymology 1

Agent noun of place .

Noun

Singular
placer

Plural
placers

placer ( plural placers )

  1. Someone who places or arranges something.
  2. ( slang ) Someone who deals in stolen goods; a fence.

Etymology 2

From American Spanish placer‘deposit’.

Noun

Singular
placer

Plural
placers

placer ( plural placers )

  1. A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable minerals, especially in the bed of a stream etc.

French

Etymology

From place .

Pronunciation

IPA: /plase/

Verb

placer

  1. to place (to put in a specific location)
  2. to seat (To put an object into a place where it will rest)

Conjugation

simple compound
infinitive placer avoir placé
gerund en plaçant Use gerund of avoir plus placé
present participle plaçant
past participle placé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j') tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses 		present place places place plaçons placez placent
imperfect plaçais plaçais plaçait placions placiez plaçaient
past historic plaçai plaças plaça plaçâmes plaçâtes placèrent
future placerai placeras placera placerons placerez placeront
conditional placerais placerais placerait placerions placeriez placeraient
compound
tenses 		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que je (j') que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ils
simple
tenses 		present place places place placions placiez placent
imperfect plaçasse plaçasses plaçât plaçassions plaçassiez plaçassent
compound
tenses 		past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative - tu - nous vous -
place plaçons placez

Related terms

  • placement
  • placeur

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: /plaˈθeɾ/

Etymology 1

Latin placere .

Verb

placer

  1. ( literary ) to please (somebody)

Noun

placer m . ( plural placers )

Singular
placer m .

Plural
placers m .

  1. pleasure; something done to please

Etymology 2

Related to placel ‘sandbank’, from plaza ‘place’.

Noun

placer m . ( plural placers )

Singular
placer m .

Plural
placers m .

  1. ( Geology, Mining ) placer
  2. ( Nautical ) sandbank

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