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placer

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See also: plácer and Placer

English

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Etymology 1

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From place +‎ -er (agent noun suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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placer (plural placers)

  1. One who places or arranges something.
  2. (slang) One who deals in stolen goods; a fence.[1]
  3. (gambling, in combination) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.
    a third-placer
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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placer (plural placers)

  1. (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.
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Etymology 3

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

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Adjective

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placer (not comparable)

  1. (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, published 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

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placer (plural placers)

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

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  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.

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French

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Etymology

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From place +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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placer

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

Conjugation

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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 simple placer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple plaçant
/pla.sɑ̃/
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/
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
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).

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Descendants

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  • → Danish: placere
  • → German: platzieren
  • → Romanian: plasa
  • → Yiddish: אײַנפּלאַצירן (aynplatsirn)

Further reading

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Interlingua

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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placer (uncountable)

  1. pleasure

Verb

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placer

  1. to please

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of placer
infinitive placer
participle present perfect
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

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Verb

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plācer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of plācō

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, used with indirect object pronouns) to like (something or someone)
    Synonym: gustar
    Esto me place mucho.
    I really like this.
  2. (literary) to please (somebody)
    Synonym: agradar
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Conjugation
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    Conjugation of placer (irregular; c-zc alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive placer
gerund placiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular placido placida
plural placidos placidas
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 plazco placestú
placésvos 		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 plazcastú
plazcásvos2 		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 placetú
placévos 		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.

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placer m (plural placeres)

  1. pleasure; something done to please
    Ha sido un placer conocerte.
    It was a pleasure to meet you
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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placer m (plural placeres)

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

References

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  1. ^ “placer” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN

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