slicer

English

Etymology

From slice +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪsə(ɹ)

Noun

slicer (plural slicers)

1. Someone or something that slices.
2. A broad, flat knife.
3. A slicing cucumber.
   • 2008, Jeff Cox, The Organic Food Shopper's Guide, page 67:

     These are American slicers. But there are many types of cucumbers out there other than American slicers.

4. A piece of software that converts a model into a series of thin layers for 3D printing.
5. (computing) A kind of data filter used in data visualization.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• avocado slicer
• bread slicer
• cheese slicer
• egg slicer
• kebab slicer
• sheet slicer
• program slicer

Translations

someone or -thing that slices

• Finnish: siivutin (tool); viipalointikone, siivutuskone (machine); viipaloija (person)
• German: Schneider (de) m, Hobel (de) m
• Italian: affettatrice (it)
• Spanish: rebanador m

broad, flat knife

slicing cucumber — see slicing cucumber

piece of software in 3D printing

• Finnish: siivuttajaohjelma, slicer (fi)

computing: kind of data filter

Anagrams

• Cisler, relics

French

Etymology

From English slice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slaj.se/

• Audio

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Verb

slicer

1. (sports) to slice the ball

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 slicer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	slicer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sliçant /slaj.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		slicé /slaj.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	slice /slajs/	slices /slajs/	slice /slajs/	sliçons /slaj.sɔ̃/	slicez /slaj.se/	slicent /slajs/
	imperfect	sliçais /slaj.sɛ/	sliçais /slaj.sɛ/	sliçait /slaj.sɛ/	slicions /slaj.sjɔ̃/	sliciez /slaj.sje/	sliçaient /slaj.sɛ/
	past historic2	sliçai /slaj.se/	sliças /slaj.sa/	sliça /slaj.sa/	sliçâmes /slaj.sam/	sliçâtes /slaj.sat/	slicèrent /slaj.sɛʁ/
	future	slicerai /slaj.sə.ʁe/	sliceras /slaj.sə.ʁa/	slicera /slaj.sə.ʁa/	slicerons /slaj.sə.ʁɔ̃/	slicerez /slaj.sə.ʁe/	sliceront /slaj.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	slicerais /slaj.sə.ʁɛ/	slicerais /slaj.sə.ʁɛ/	slicerait /slaj.sə.ʁɛ/	slicerions /slaj.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	sliceriez /slaj.sə.ʁje/	sliceraient /slaj.sə.ʁɛ/
(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	slice /slajs/	slices /slajs/	slice /slajs/	slicions /slaj.sjɔ̃/	sliciez /slaj.sje/	slicent /slajs/
	imperfect2	sliçasse /slaj.sas/	sliçasses /slaj.sas/	sliçât /slaj.sa/	sliçassions /slaj.sa.sjɔ̃/	sliçassiez /slaj.sa.sje/	sliçassent /slaj.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	slice /slajs/	—	sliçons /slaj.sɔ̃/	slicez /slaj.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).

Further reading

• “slicer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.