English-French translations for launch

lancer
Qui pourra lancer l'initiative? Who might launch the initiative? Quand comptez-vous lancer ce forum? When do you intend to launch this forum? Nous devrions en outre lancer une campagne d’information. We should also launch an information campaign.
étrenner

lancementM. Karadzic n’était pas présent au lancement. Mr Karadzic was not present at the launch. Le lancement du projet Galileo a été décidé. It has been decided to launch the Galileo project. Je me félicite du lancement du portail en décembre 2009. I welcome the launch of the portal in December 2009.

To throw ; to hurl; to propel with force
To pierce with, or as with, a lance
To cause to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat
To cause to begin its flight upward from the ground
To send out; to start on a mission or project; to give a start to ; to put in operation
To start ; to execute or bring into operation
To release; to put onto the market for sale
Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off
To start to operate
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
An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party
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
An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc

The navy launched another ship
NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts
Our business launched a new project
Double-click an icon to launch the associated application
to launch into an argument or discussion
to launch into lavish expenditures
After clicking the icon, the application will launch
product launch
book launch

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