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4-letter words (1 found)

TORC,

3-letter words (8 found)

COR,COT,ORC,ORT,ROC,ROT,TOC,TOR,

2-letter words (2 found)

OR,TO,

You can make 11 words from torc according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of torc

torc

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔː(ɹ)k/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)k
  • Homophones: torq, torque; talk (non-rhotic)

Noun

torc (plural torcs)

  1. Alternative spelling of torque (necklace).

Anagrams

  • -cort, -cort-, COTR, Cort, Octr, Octr., ROTC, Troc, cort-, ctor

Aromanian

Alternative forms

  • torcu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *torcō, from Latin torqueō. Compare Romanian toarce, torc.

Verb

torc first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative tortsi, past participle torse)

  1. to spin (yarn)

Related terms

  • turtseri
  • tors
  • stãcor
  • turte

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /t̪ˠɔɾˠk/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠʌɾˠk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (boar).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

  1. wild boar (Sus scrofa)
  2. portly, corpulent, person; man of substance
    Synonym: torclach
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish torc², from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

  1. torque (braided necklace or collar)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English torque, from Latin torqueō (I twist).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

  1. (physics) torque

Declension

Mutation

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “torc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tork/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tworkos (boar) (compare Welsh twrch).

Noun

torc m

  1. boar
  2. chieftain, hero
Inflection
Derived terms
  • torcda
Descendants
  • Irish: torc
  • Scottish Gaelic: torc

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin torquis.

Noun

torc m

  1. torque (necklace)
Inflection
Descendants
  • Irish: torc

Mutation

References

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 torc (‘collar, torque’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Verb

torc

  1. inflection of toarce:
    1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. third-person plural present indicative

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *tworkos (boar).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

  1. boar

Derived terms

  • torc allaidh
  • torc fiadhaich

Mutation

References

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 torc (‘boar’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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