different between torches vs torcher

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)t??z

Noun

torches

1. plural of torch

Verb

torches

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of torch

Anagrams

• Troches, hectors, orchets, rochets, rotches, scoreth, tochers, troches

French

Noun

torches f

1. plural of torche

Verb

torches

1. second-person singular present indicative of torcher
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of torcher

Middle English

Noun

torches

1. plural of torche

English

Etymology

torch +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??t???(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??(?)
• Homophone: torture
• Hyphenation: torch?er

Noun

torcher (plural torchers)

1. One who torches something

   The torchers of buildings must be dealt with.

2. (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,

3. (music) A torch song

French

Etymology

From torche +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.?e/

Verb

torcher

1. to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt

2. to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site)
3. (slang) to churn out

   Synonym: bâcler

Conjugation

Derived terms

• torchage
• torche-cul
• torchée
• torcheur
• torchon

Further reading

• “torcher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition