torse

English

Etymology 1

Via obsolete French torse (a wreath) from Latin torquēre (to twist).

Noun

torse (plural torses)

1. (heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and forming part of a crest; an orle, a wreath. It is customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.

Synonyms

• orle
• wreath

Related terms

• torsion

Translations

heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest

• Bulgarian: гирлянда f (girljanda)
• Danish: vulst c, hjelmvulst c
• Finnish: lakipunos
• Galician: burela (gl) f
• Swedish: hjälmbindel c, bindel (sv) c, hjälmkrans c, vulst (sv) c

References

• A complete guide to heraldry, A. C. Fox-Davis.

Etymology 2

Noun

torse (plural torses)

1. Obsolete form of torso.

Anagrams

• Resto, estro-, resto, roset, rotes, sorte, store, tores

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁs/

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus. Doublet of thyrse.

Noun

torse m (plural torses)

1. torso

   Son torse est très poilu.

   His torso is very hairy.

Derived terms

• bomber le torse
• torse nu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

torse

1. feminine singular of tors

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• resto, rotes, sorte, store, tores

Italian

Verb

torse

1. third-person singular past historic of torcere

Anagrams

• estro, resto, restò, roste, serto, sorte, terso