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) (file)
Synonyms
Related terms
- torchère
- torchette
Verb
torche
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
- “torche” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.
Further reading
- “torche” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology
From Old French torch, from Late Latin *torca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɔrtʃ(ə)/, /ˈtordʒ(ə)/
Noun
torche (plural torches)
- A long candle
- A torch; a portable source of light
- (figuratively) 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.
Old French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“I twist; I turn”).
References
- 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)
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