French

Noun

torche f ‎(plural torches)

1. torch (stick with flame at one end)

Synonyms

• flambeau

Related terms

• torchère
• torchette

Verb

torche

1. first-person singular present indicative of torcher
2. third-person singular present indicative of torcher
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of torcher
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of torcher
5. second-person singular imperative of torcher

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• “torche” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• Hector

Norman

Noun

torche f ‎(plural torches)

1. (Jersey) a whack in the face

Old French

Alternative forms

• torce
• torke
• tourche
• tourse

Etymology

See French torche.

Noun

torche f ‎(oblique plural torches, nominative singular torche, nominative plural torches)

1. bundle (of sticks, hay, etc.)
2. torch (stick with flame at one end)

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (tourse)
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (torche, supplement)