torche
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.