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noun, feminine

torche

/tɔʁʃ/

noun, feminine/tɔʁʃ/plural: torches

torch (stick with flame at one end)

Synonyms: flambeau

Related: lampe torche

Inherited from Old French torche, from Vulgar Latin *torca, from torqua, Classical Latin torques, from the verb torqueō (“to twist; to turn”).