different between torse vs toise

English

Etymology 1

Via obsolete French torse (a wreath) from Latin torqu?re (to twist).

Noun

torse (plural torses)

1. (heraldry) A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and forming part of a crest; an orle, a wreath. It is customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.

Synonyms

• orle
• wreath

References

• A complete guide to heraldry, A. C. Fox-Davis.

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

torse (plural torses)

1. Obsolete form of torso.

Anagrams

• Resto, estro-, resto, roset, rotes, sorte, store, tores

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian torso, from Latin thyrsus. Doublet of thyrse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??s/

Noun

torse m (plural torses)

1. torso

Derived terms

• bomber le torse

Further reading

• “torse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• resto, rotes, sorte, store, tores

Italian

Verb

torse

1. third-person singular past historic of torcere

Anagrams

• estro, resto, restò, serto, sorte, terso

English

Etymology

From French toise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??z/

Noun

toise (plural toises)

1. (historical) A former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres.

Anagrams

• ETSOI, OSETI, osite

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /twaz/

Etymology 1

From Old French teise (cognate with Italian tesa), from Latin t?nsa (bracchia) (“outstretched (arms)”), from tend? (“stretch”).

Noun

toise f (plural toises)

1. toise
2. height gauge

Derived terms

• toiser

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

toise

1. first-person singular present indicative of toiser
2. third-person singular present indicative of toiser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of toiser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of toiser
5. second-person singular imperative of toiser

Anagrams

• ostie

Further reading

• “toise” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Irish

Alternative forms

• tois

Etymology

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Noun

toise f (genitive singular toise, nominative plural toisí)

1. Alternative form of tomhas (“measure, gauge; guess, riddle”)
2. size, measure, measurement
3. dimension

Declension

Derived terms

• aontoiseach (“one-dimensional”, adjective)

Mutation

Further reading

• "toise" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “toise” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “toise” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.