torcher

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English

Etymology

torch +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Homophone: torture
  • Hyphenation: torch‧er

Noun

torcher (plural torchers)

  1. One who torches something
    The torchers of buildings must be dealt with.
  2. (obsolete) One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
  3. (music) A torch song
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French

Etymology

From torche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

torcher

  1. to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt
    Torcher les assiettes.
    To wipe the plates.
  2. to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site)
  3. (slang) to churn out
    Synonym: bâcler

Conjugation

Conjugation of torcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple torcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple torchant
/tɔʁ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle torché
/tɔʁ.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present torche
/tɔʁʃ/ 		torches
/tɔʁʃ/ 		torche
/tɔʁʃ/ 		torchons
/tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃/ 		torchez
/tɔʁ.ʃe/ 		torchent
/tɔʁʃ/
imperfect torchais
/tɔʁ.ʃɛ/ 		torchais
/tɔʁ.ʃɛ/ 		torchait
/tɔʁ.ʃɛ/ 		torchions
/tɔʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		torchiez
/tɔʁ.ʃje/ 		torchaient
/tɔʁ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 torchai
/tɔʁ.ʃe/ 		torchas
/tɔʁ.ʃa/ 		torcha
/tɔʁ.ʃa/ 		torchâmes
/tɔʁ.ʃam/ 		torchâtes
/tɔʁ.ʃat/ 		torchèrent
/tɔʁ.ʃɛʁ/
future torcherai
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ 		torcheras
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ 		torchera
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ 		torcherons
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ 		torcherez
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ 		torcheront
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional torcherais
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		torcherais
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		torcherait
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ 		torcherions
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		torcheriez
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ 		torcheraient
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present torche
/tɔʁʃ/ 		torches
/tɔʁʃ/ 		torche
/tɔʁʃ/ 		torchions
/tɔʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ 		torchiez
/tɔʁ.ʃje/ 		torchent
/tɔʁʃ/
imperfect2 torchasse
/tɔʁ.ʃas/ 		torchasses
/tɔʁ.ʃas/ 		torchât
/tɔʁ.ʃa/ 		torchassions
/tɔʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		torchassiez
/tɔʁ.ʃa.sje/ 		torchassent
/tɔʁ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — torche
/tɔʁʃ/ 		— torchons
/tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃/ 		torchez
/tɔʁ.ʃe/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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