torche
Middle English
/ˈtɔrtʃ(ə)/
noun
Definitions
- A long candle
- A torch; a portable source of light
- (figurative) A ray of light
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French torch derived from Latin *torca.
Origin
Latin
*torca
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- blowtorch English
- headtorch English
- torch English
- torchbearer English
- torchbearing English
- torcher English
- torchless English
- torchlight English
- torchlike English
- torchlit English
- torchmaker English
- torchmaking English
- torchman English
- torchwood English
- torchwork English
- torchwort English
- torchy English
- *torca Latin
- intorta Latin
- torqua Latin
- torques Latin
- torqueō Latin
- torquēs Latin
- toorts Dutch, Flemish
- torche French
- tocha Portuguese
- トーチ Japanese
- torch Old French
- torche Old French
- torĉo Esperanto
- tochi Swahili
- 토치 Korean