torche
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See also: torché
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“to twist; to turn”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torche f (plural torches)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
torche
- inflection of torcher:
References[edit]
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “torche”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Further reading[edit]
- “torche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torche (plural torches)
- A long candle
- A torch; a portable source of light
- (figurative) A ray of light
Descendants[edit]
- English: torch
References[edit]
- “torch(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
torche f (plural torches)
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”), from Latin torqua, variant of torquis.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
torche oblique singular, f (oblique plural torches, nominative singular torche, nominative plural torches)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (tourse)
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (torche, supplement)
- “torche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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