"torque" meaning in French

See torque in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɔʁk/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-torque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-torque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-torque.wav Forms: torques [plural]
Etymology: From Old French torque, borrowed from Latin torquem. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|torque}} Old French torque, {{der|fr|la|torquis|torquem}} Latin torquem Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} torque m (plural torques)
  1. (historical) torque (necklace) Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-torque-fr-noun-VAtfd1BN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /tɔʁk/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-torque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-torque.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-torque.wav Forms: torques [plural]
Etymology: From Old French torke, northern variant of torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, ultimately from the same source as etymology 1. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|torke}} Old French torke, {{inh|fr|la-vul|*torca}} Vulgar Latin *torca Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} torque f (plural torques)
  1. (heraldry) torse Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-torque-fr-noun-wyHpZtP7 Categories (other): Heraldry, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter",
          "ref": "2019, Jean-Yves Ferri, Didier Conrad, La fille de Vercingétorix [Asterix and the Chieftain's Daughter] (Astérix), Vanves: Les Éditions Albert René, →ISBN, page 11:",
          "text": "Et autour de son cou ?\nLe torque de son papa !",
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