torsade
See also: torsadé
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪd
Noun edit
torsade (countable and uncountable, plural torsades)
- A decoration, especially on hats, made from twisted ribbon
- Harper's Magazine
- the crown decked with torsades of pearls
- Harper's Magazine
- (pathology) torsade de pointes
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From tors (“twisted”) + -ade.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
torsade f (plural torsades)
- twist
- torsade (decoration)
- braid (of hair etc.)
- (architecture) cable moulding
- (knitting) cable
Verb edit
torsade
- inflection of torsader:
Further reading edit
- “torsade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.