"torche" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /tɔʁʃ/ Forms: torches [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“to twist; to turn”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|torche|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French torche, {{inh+|fr|fro|torche}} Inherited from Old French torche, {{inh|fr|VL.|*torca}} Vulgar Latin *torca, {{m|la|torqua}} torqua, {{inh|fr|la|torques}} Latin torques, {{m|la|torqueō||to twist; to turn}} torqueō (“to twist; to turn”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} torche f (plural torches)
  1. torch (stick with flame at one end) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Light sources Synonyms: flambeau Derived forms: lampe torche Related terms: torchère, torchette, torchon
    Sense id: en-torche-fr-noun-eswtA~tD Disambiguation of Light sources: 50 32 18

Verb [French]

IPA: /tɔʁʃ/
Etymology: Inherited from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“to twist; to turn”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|torche|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French torche, {{inh+|fr|fro|torche}} Inherited from Old French torche, {{inh|fr|VL.|*torca}} Vulgar Latin *torca, {{m|la|torqua}} torqua, {{inh|fr|la|torques}} Latin torques, {{m|la|torqueō||to twist; to turn}} torqueō (“to twist; to turn”) Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} torche
  1. inflection of torcher:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person
    Sense id: en-torche-fr-verb-FKLbtpUp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Old French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 30 51 19 Disambiguation of Old French entries with incorrect language header: 21 35 10 0 3 7 17 3 3
  2. inflection of torcher:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-torche-fr-verb-3dj5MV4x

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈtɔrtʃ(ə)/, /ˈtordʒ(ə)/ Forms: torches [plural]
Etymology: From Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca. Etymology templates: {{bor|enm|fro|torche}} Old French torche, {{der|enm|VL.|*torca}} Vulgar Latin *torca Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} torche, {{enm-noun|pl=torches}} torche (plural torches)
  1. A long candle
    Sense id: en-torche-enm-noun-Dktooa3G
  2. A torch; a portable source of light
    Sense id: en-torche-enm-noun-NZJht3y~
  3. (figurative) A ray of light Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Light sources
    Sense id: en-torche-enm-noun-7mMdRfqj Disambiguation of Light sources: 2 17 81 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 29 64 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 4 17 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: torghe, torge, torch

Noun [Norman]

Forms: torches [plural]
Head templates: {{head|nrf|noun|||plural|torches||||||{{{3}}}|f2accel-form=p|g=f|g2=|head=}} torche f (plural torches), {{nrf-noun|f}} torche f (plural torches)
  1. (Jersey) a whack in the face Tags: Jersey, feminine
    Sense id: en-torche-nrm-noun-dPYPwlbK Categories (other): Jersey Norman, Norman entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Old French]

IPA: /ˈtɔɾt͡ʃə/ (note: classical), /ˈtɔɾd͡ʒə/ (note: classical), /ˈtɔɾkə/ (note: classical) Forms: torche oblique singular or [canonical, feminine], torches [oblique, plural], torche [nominative, singular], torches [nominative, plural]
Etymology: From Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”), from Latin torqua, variant of torquis. Etymology templates: {{inh|fro|VL.|*torca|t=coiled object}} Vulgar Latin *torca (“coiled object”), {{inh|fro|la|torqua}} Latin torqua, {{m|la|torquis}} torquis Head templates: {{fro-noun|f}} torche oblique singular, f (oblique plural torches, nominative singular torche, nominative plural torches)
  1. bundle (of sticks, hay, etc.)
    Sense id: en-torche-fro-noun-~ZTt~39N
  2. torch (stick with flame at one end)
    Sense id: en-torche-fro-noun-eswtA~tD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tourche, torce, tourse, torke [Northern], torge

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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