different between torq vs torc
torq
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??(?)k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophones: torc, torque, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)
Noun
torq (plural torqs)
- Alternative spelling of torque
torq From the web:
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torc
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??(?)k/
- Rhymes: -??(?)k
- Homophones: torq, torque, talk ('talk' in non-rhotic accents only)
Noun
torc (plural torcs)
- 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)
- 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)
- wild boar (Sus scrofa)
- 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)
- 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)
- (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
- boar
- chieftain, hero
Inflection
Derived terms
- torcda
Descendants
- Irish: torc
- Scottish Gaelic: torc
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin torquis.
Noun
torc m
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of toarce
- first-person singular present subjunctive of toarce
- 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)
- 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
torc From the web:
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