torche

See also: torché

French

Etymology

From Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“I twist; I turn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔʁʃ/

• Audio (une torche):

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Noun

torche f (plural torches)

1. torch (stick with flame at one end)

Synonyms

• flambeau

Related terms

• torchère
• torchette

Verb

torche

1. first-person singular present indicative of torcher
2. third-person singular present indicative of torcher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of torcher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of torcher
5. second-person singular imperative of torcher

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “torche”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Hector

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• torghe, torge, torch

Etymology

From Old French torch, from Late Latin *torca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔrtʃ(ə)/, /ˈtordʒ(ə)/

Noun

torche (plural torches)

1. A long candle
2. A torch; a portable source of light
3. (figurative) A ray of light

Descendants

• English: torch

References

• “torch(e (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-12.

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Norman

Etymology

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Noun

torche f (plural torches)

1. (Jersey) a whack in the face

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Old French

Alternative forms

• torce
• torke
• tourche
• tourse

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“I twist; I turn”).

Noun

torche oblique singular, f (oblique plural torches, nominative singular torche, nominative plural torches)

1. bundle (of sticks, hay, etc.)
2. torch (stick with flame at one end)

Descendants

• English: torch (borrowing)
• French: torche

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tourse)
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (torche, supplement)