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Webster 1913 Edition
Torcher
Torch′er
,Noun.
One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
[Obs.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Torcher
TORCH'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
torcher
torcher
English
Noun
torcher (plural torchers)
- One who torches something
- The torchers of buildings must be dealt with.
- (obsolete) One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, II. i. 162:
- Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring / Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring,
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, II. i. 162:
- (music) A torch song
French
Etymology
From Latin torqueō (“twist, turn”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔʁ.ʃe/
Verb
torcher
Conjugation
Conjugation of torcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | torcher | avoir torché | |||||
| gerund | en torchant | en ayant torché | |||||
| present participle | torchant /tɔʁ.ʃɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | torché /tɔʁ.ʃe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | torche /tɔʁʃ/ |
torches /tɔʁʃ/ |
torche /tɔʁʃ/ |
torchons /tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
torchez /tɔʁ.ʃe/ |
torchent /tɔʁʃ/ |
| imperfect | torchais /tɔʁ.ʃɛ/ |
torchais /tɔʁ.ʃɛ/ |
torchait /tɔʁ.ʃɛ/ |
torchions /tɔʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
torchiez /tɔʁ.ʃje/ |
torchaient /tɔʁ.ʃɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | torchai /tɔʁ.ʃe/ |
torchas /tɔʁ.ʃa/ |
torcha /tɔʁ.ʃa/ |
torchâmes /tɔʁ.ʃam/ |
torchâtes /tɔʁ.ʃat/ |
torchèrent /tɔʁ.ʃɛʁ/ |
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| future | torcherai /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
torcheras /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
torchera /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁa/ |
torcherons /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
torcherez /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁe/ |
torcheront /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | torcherais /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
torcherais /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
torcherait /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
torcherions /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
torcheriez /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁje/ |
torcheraient /tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | torche /tɔʁʃ/ |
torches /tɔʁʃ/ |
torche /tɔʁʃ/ |
torchions /tɔʁ.ʃjɔ̃/ |
torchiez /tɔʁ.ʃje/ |
torchent /tɔʁʃ/ |
| imperfect1 |
torchasse /tɔʁ.ʃas/ |
torchasses /tɔʁ.ʃas/ |
torchât /tɔʁ.ʃa/ |
torchassions /tɔʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
torchassiez /tɔʁ.ʃa.sje/ |
torchassent /tɔʁ.ʃas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | torche /tɔʁʃ/ |
— | torchons /tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃/ |
torchez /tɔʁ.ʃe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition