placer

See also: plácer and Placer

English

Etymology 1

From place +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)

Noun

placer (plural placers)

One who places or arranges something.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Februarie. Aegloga Secunda.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, OCLC 890162479:
  Thou placer of plants both humble and tall
(slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.[1]
(gambling, in combination) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.
a third-placer

Synonyms

(one who places):
(dealer in stolen goods): fence, receiver

Etymology 2

From place +‎ -er (suffix apparently denoting association).

Noun

placer (plural placers)

(ethology, sheep, Australia, New Zealand) A lamb whose mother has died and which has transferred its attachment to an object, such as a bush or rock, in the locality.
- 1951, Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, Problems of Infancy and Childhood, Volume 4, page 101,
  This is a “placer” sheep, as it is called. The prerequisites to this condition are that the young sheep must be still nursing, but must have begun to nibble grass. It must be the young of a mother that has been somewhat isolated, away from the corral and away from the herd, by herself out on the prairie. Now, when the mother dies, the lamb remains close to the mother′s body […] .
- 1971, American Society of Animal Science. Journal of Animal Science, Volume 32, Pages 601-1298, page 1281,
  In Australia “placer” lambs are also destroyed, for these too are of little use; they will return constantly to one place, not staying with the flock.

Etymology 3

From American Spanish placer, from earlier placel, apparently from obsolete Portuguese placel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈplæsə(ɹ)/, /ˈpleɪsə(ɹ)/
- Audio (UK) (file)
- Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -æsə(ɹ)
Rhymes: -eɪsə(ɹ)

Adjective

placer (not comparable)

(mining) alluvial; occurring in a deposit of sand or earth on a river-bed or bank, particularly with reference to precious metals such as gold or silver
- 1995, Paul T. Craddock, Early Metal Mining and Production, page 110:
  Placer gold comes from the weathering of the primary veins releasing the gold to be transported by water action and concentrated in gravel or sand beds.
- 2002, Philip Ball, The Elements: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2004, page 46:
  Since time immemorial, people found that they could extract the gold from placer deposits by sifting the fine-grained material through a mesh: the technique of panning.
- 2008, Tanyo Ravicz, Of Knives and Men, Alaskans, page 77,
  He still ran a placer mine in the Interior.

Noun

placer (plural placers)

A place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold, etc.
(by extension) Any place holding treasures.

Derived terms

Placer County

References

2011, Jonathon Green, Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime, page 104— The 20th-century buyer is self-explanatory, while the placer is a middle-man who places stolen goods with a purchaser.

Anagrams

carpel, craple, parcel

French

Etymology

From place +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pla.se/
audio (file)
Homophones: placé, placés, placée, placées, placez, plaçai

Verb

placer

to place (to put in a specific location)
to seat (to put an object into a place where it will rest)
(reflexive) to place (to earn a given spot in a competition)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of placer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	placer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	plaçant /pla.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		placé /pla.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	place /plas/	places /plas/	place /plas/	plaçons /pla.sɔ̃/	placez /pla.se/	placent /plas/
	imperfect	plaçais /pla.sɛ/	plaçais /pla.sɛ/	plaçait /pla.sɛ/	placions /pla.sjɔ̃/	placiez /pla.sje/	plaçaient /pla.sɛ/
	past historic²	plaçai /pla.se/	plaças /pla.sa/	plaça /pla.sa/	plaçâmes /pla.sam/	plaçâtes /pla.sat/	placèrent /pla.sɛʁ/
	future	placerai /pla.sʁe/	placeras /pla.sʁa/	placera /pla.sʁa/	placerons /pla.sʁɔ̃/	placerez /pla.sʁe/	placeront /pla.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	placerais /pla.sʁɛ/	placerais /pla.sʁɛ/	placerait /pla.sʁɛ/	placerions /pla.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	placeriez /pla.sə.ʁje/	placeraient /pla.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior²	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	place /plas/	places /plas/	place /plas/	placions /pla.sjɔ̃/	placiez /pla.sje/	placent /plas/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	plaçasse /pla.sas/	plaçasses /pla.sas/	plaçât /pla.sa/	plaçassions /pla.sa.sjɔ̃/	plaçassiez /pla.sa.sje/	plaçassent /pla.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	place /plas/	—	plaçons /pla.sɔ̃/	placez /pla.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

en placer une
haut placé
place
placé
placement
placer sur un piédestal
placeur
se placer

Descendants

→ Danish: placere
→ German: platzieren
→ Romanian: plasa

Anagrams

claper

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plaˈtser/

Noun

placer (uncountable)

pleasure

Verb

placer

to please

Conjugation

Conjugation of placer

participle		present	perfect
infinitive		placer
participle		placente	placite
active		simple	perfect
	present	place	ha placite
	past	placeva	habeva placite
	future	placera	habera placite
	conditional	placerea	haberea placite
	imperative	place
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es placite	ha essite placite
	past	esseva placite	habeva essite placite
	future	essera placite	habera essite placite
	conditional	esserea placite	haberea essite placite
	imperative	sia placite

Latin

Verb

plācer

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plācō

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /plaˈθeɾ/ [plaˈθeɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /plaˈseɾ/ [plaˈseɾ]
Rhymes: -eɾ
Syllabification: pla‧cer

Etymology 1

From Latin placēre, with irregular conservation of initial /pl-/ (the expected form would be *llacer). Compare Portuguese prazer.

Verb

placer (first-person singular present plazco, first-person singular preterite plací, past participle placido)

(intransitive, used with indirect object pronouns) to like (something or someone)
Synonym: gustar
Esto me place mucho.
I really like this.
(literary) to please (somebody)

Usage notes

The third-person forms with the stems plug- and pleg- (plugo, pluguiera, plega/plegue, pluguieron, pluguieran, etc.) are archaic. In modern literature they may be used in place of forms such as plació, plazca and placiera with the intention of recalling old-fashioned style.[1]

Conjugation

Conjugation of placer (irregular; c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			placer
gerund			placiendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		placido		placida
		plural		placidos		placidas
		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	plazco	places^{^tú} placés^{^vos}	place	placemos	placéis	placen
	imperfect	placía	placías	placía	placíamos	placíais	placían
	preterite	plací	placiste	plació, plugo³	placimos	placisteis	placieron, pluguieron³
	future	placeré	placerás	placerá	placeremos	placeréis	placerán
	conditional	placería	placerías	placería	placeríamos	placeríais	placerían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	plazca	plazcas^{^tú} plazcás^{^vos²}	plazca, plega³, plegue³	plazcamos	plazcáis	plazcan
	imperfect (ra)	placiera	placieras	placiera, pluguiera³	placiéramos	placierais	placieran, pluguieran³
	imperfect (se)	placiese	placieses	placiese, pluguiese³	placiésemos	placieseis	placiesen, pluguiesen³
	future¹	placiere	placieres	placiere, pluguiere³	placiéremos	placiereis	placieren, pluguieren³

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		place^{^tú} placé^{^vos}	plazca, plega³, plegue³	plazcamos	placed	plazcan
	negative		no plazcas	no plazca, no plega³, no plegue³	no plazcamos	no plazcáis	no plazcan

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
³Archaic.

Selected combined forms of placer (irregular; c-zc alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive placer
	dative	placerme	placerte	placerle, placerse	placernos	placeros	placerles, placerse
	accusative	placerme	placerte	placerlo, placerla, placerse	placernos	placeros	placerlos, placerlas, placerse

with gerund placiendo
	dative	placiéndome	placiéndote	placiéndole, placiéndose	placiéndonos	placiéndoos	placiéndoles, placiéndose
	accusative	placiéndome	placiéndote	placiéndolo, placiéndola, placiéndose	placiéndonos	placiéndoos	placiéndolos, placiéndolas, placiéndose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative place
	dative	pláceme	plácete	plácele	plácenos	not used	pláceles
	accusative	pláceme	plácete	plácelo, plácela	plácenos	not used	plácelos, plácelas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative placé
	dative	placeme	placete	placele	placenos	not used	placeles
	accusative	placeme	placete	placelo, placela	placenos	not used	placelos, placelas

with formal second-person singular imperative plazca, plega³, plegue³
	dative	plázcame, plégame¹, plégueme¹	not used	plázcale, plégale¹, pléguele¹, plázcase, plégase¹, pléguese¹	plázcanos, pléganos¹, pléguenos¹	not used	plázcales, plégales¹, plégueles¹
	accusative	plázcame, plégame¹, plégueme¹	not used	plázcalo, plégalo¹, pléguelo¹, plázcala, plégala¹, pléguela¹, plázcase, plégase¹, pléguese¹	plázcanos, pléganos¹, pléguenos¹	not used	plázcalos, plégalos¹, pléguelos¹, plázcalas, plégalas¹, pléguelas¹

with first-person plural imperative plazcamos
	dative	not used	plazcámoste	plazcámosle	plazcámonos	plazcámoos	plazcámosles
	accusative	not used	plazcámoste	plazcámoslo, plazcámosla	plazcámonos	plazcámoos	plazcámoslos, plazcámoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative placed
	dative	placedme	not used	placedle	placednos	placeos	placedles
	accusative	placedme	not used	placedlo, placedla	placednos	placeos	placedlos, placedlas

with formal second-person plural imperative plazcan
	dative	plázcanme	not used	plázcanle	plázcannos	not used	plázcanles, plázcanse
	accusative	plázcanme	not used	plázcanlo, plázcanla	plázcannos	not used	plázcanlos, plázcanlas, plázcanse

¹Archaic.

Noun

placer m (plural placeres)

pleasure; something done to please
Ha sido un placer conocerte.
It was a pleasure to meet you

Derived terms

antro de placer
a placer

Related terms

complacer

Etymology 2

Related to placel (“sandbank”), from plaza (“place”).

Noun

placer m (plural placeres)

(geology, mining) placer (place where the superficial detritus is washed for gold)
(nautical) sandbank

References

“placer” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, primera edición, Real Academia Española, 2005.

Anagrams

percal

[1] 2011, Jonathon Green, Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime, page 104— The 20th-century buyer is self-explanatory, while the placer is a middle-man who places stolen goods with a purchaser.

[2] “placer” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, primera edición, Real Academia Española, 2005.

placer

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Adjective

Noun

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Interlingua

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Conjugation

Latin

Verb

Spanish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Usage notes

Conjugation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Further reading

Anagrams