launch

Etymology 1
From, , another form (/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais ) of , French , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
 * 2)  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) * 1725–1726,, Homer's Odyssey (translation), Book V
 * With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, / And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.
 * 1)  To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
 * 2)  To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
 * 3)  To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
 * 4)  To release; to put onto the market for sale
 * 5)  Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
 * 6)  To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
 * 7)  To start to operate.
 * 1)  To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
 * 2)  To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
 * 3)  To release; to put onto the market for sale
 * 4)  Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
 * 5)  To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
 * 6)  To start to operate.
 * 1)  To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
 * 2)  To release; to put onto the market for sale
 * 3)  Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
 * 4)  To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
 * 5)  To start to operate.
 * 1)  Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
 * 2)  To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
 * 3)  To start to operate.
 * 1)  To start to operate.
 * 1)  To start to operate.
 * 1)  To start to operate.
 * 1)  To start to operate.

Translations

 * Arabic: أَطْلَقَ, قَذَفَ
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: slynge, opsende
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Middle English: launcen, launchen
 * Norman: affliouer, lanchi
 * Polish:, , ,
 * Portuguese:, , ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: vrhnúť, hodiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: запуска́ти, запусти́ти


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: sööstma
 * Middle English: launcen, launchen
 * Portuguese: lancear
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: spetta,


 * Afrikaans: te water laat
 * Bulgarian: спускам на вода
 * Danish: søsætte
 * Dutch:, te water laten
 * Finnish: laskea vesille
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Maori: whakamānu, whakarewa
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: sjøsette
 * Nynorsk: sjøsetje, sjøsette
 * Polish:, zwodować
 * Portuguese:
 * Slovak: spustiť
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: välja saatma,, alustama
 * Finnish: tuoda markkinoille,
 * Georgian: უშვებს, გაუშვებს
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Malay: melancarkan
 * Occitan: abaudir,
 * Polish: ,
 * Slovak: vypustiť, odštartovať, spustiť
 * Slovene: zagnati
 * Swedish:


 * Catalan:
 * German: ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Polish:, , , , ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: запуска́ти, запусти́ти


 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Turkish:


 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * Spanish:

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.
 * 1) An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: heide
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: გაშვება
 * German:
 * Japanese:
 * Maori: whakarewanga, whakamānutanga
 * Occitan:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: спускане на вода
 * Danish: søsætning
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: vesillelasku
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Etymology 2
From, apparently from. Spelling influenced by the verb above.

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.

Translations

 * Estonian: kaater
 * Finnish: kapteenin vene
 * Greek:
 * Maori: rōnihi
 * Polish: barkas
 * Russian:


 * Finnish: yhteysvene
 * Greek:
 * Maori: rōnihi
 * Russian:


 * Catalan: llanxa
 * Finnish: avovene
 * German:
 * Irish: lainse
 * Maori: rōnohi
 * Persian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: లాంచీ