See torse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for torse meaning in English (4.3kB)
{
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Via obsolete French torse (a wreath) from Latin torquēre (to twist).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "torses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "torse (plural torses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Heraldry",
"orig": "en:Heraldry",
"parents": [
"History",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "91 9",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Galician translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge."
],
"id": "en-torse-en-noun-mFw156j2",
"links": [
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
],
[
"crest",
"crest"
],
[
"orle",
"orle"
],
[
"wreath",
"wreath"
],
[
"tincture",
"tincture"
],
[
"field",
"field"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "torsion"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "orle"
},
{
"word": "wreath"
}
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "girljanda",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гирлянда"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vulst"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hjelmvulst"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"word": "lakipunos"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "burela"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "virol"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hjälmbindel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bindel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hjälmkrans"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vulst"
}
]
}
],
"word": "torse"
}
{
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "torses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "torse (plural torses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "torso"
}
],
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of torso."
],
"id": "en-torse-en-noun--6PROf0n",
"links": [
[
"torso",
"torso#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "torse"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"Terms with Bulgarian translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with Galician translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"etymology_number": 1,
"etymology_text": "Via obsolete French torse (a wreath) from Latin torquēre (to twist).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "torses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "torse (plural torses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "torsion"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Heraldry"
],
"glosses": [
"A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge."
],
"links": [
[
"heraldry",
"heraldry"
],
[
"crest",
"crest"
],
[
"orle",
"orle"
],
[
"wreath",
"wreath"
],
[
"tincture",
"tincture"
],
[
"field",
"field"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath, typically placed underneath and forming part of a crest (as an orle or wreath) and customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on; rarely, it occurs as a charge."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"heraldry",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"monarchy",
"nobility",
"politics"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "orle"
},
{
"word": "wreath"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "girljanda",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "гирлянда"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vulst"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hjelmvulst"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"word": "lakipunos"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "burela"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "virol"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hjälmbindel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "bindel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hjälmkrans"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "heraldry: a twist of cloth or wreath forming the lowest part of the crest",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "vulst"
}
],
"word": "torse"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns"
],
"etymology_number": 2,
"forms": [
{
"form": "torses",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "torse (plural torses)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "torso"
}
],
"categories": [
"English obsolete forms"
],
"glosses": [
"Obsolete form of torso."
],
"links": [
[
"torso",
"torso#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"obsolete"
]
}
],
"word": "torse"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (1b9bfc5 and 0136956). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.