different between toric vs torc

English

Etymology

torus +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t????k/
• Rhymes: -????k

Adjective

toric (comparative more toric, superlative most toric)

1. Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal

Derived terms

• toricity

Translations

Anagrams

• Citro, Troic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??(?)k/
• Rhymes: -??(?)k
• Homophones: torq, torque, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)

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 *torc?, from Latin torque?. Compare Romanian toarce, torc.

Verb

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

1. I spin (yarn).

Related terms

• turtseri
• tors
• stãcor
• turte

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /t?????k/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t?????k/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *torkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. wild boar (Sus scrofa)
2. portly, corpulent, person; man of substance

Derived terms

• toirceoil f (“boar meat, brawn”)
• torcán m (“little, young, boar; small corpulent person”)
• torc-chú m (“boarhound”)
• torcshleá f (“boar-spear”)

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 torque? (“I twist”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular toirc, nominative plural toirc)

1. (physics) torque

Declension

Mutation

References

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

Romanian

Verb

torc

1. first-person singular present indicative of toarce
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of toarce
3. third-person plural present indicative of toarce

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish torc¹, from Proto-Celtic *torkos (“boar”).

Noun

torc m (genitive singular tuirc, plural tuirc)

1. boar

Derived terms

• torc allaidh
• torc fiadhaich

Mutation

References

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