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Translate torches from English to French

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torch:
- torche; flambeau; lampe de poche
Wiktionary:
- torch → torche, lampe de poche, flambeau
- torch → incendier
- torch → toche, flambeau, lampe de poche, torche

English

Detailed Translations for torches from English to French

torch:

torch [the ~] noun

the torch (flaming torch; flare)
la torche; le flambeau
- torche [la ~] noun
- flambeau [le ~] noun
the torch (flashlight; pocket torch)

– a small portable battery-powered electric lamp ¹
la lampe de poche
- lampe de poche [la ~] noun

Translation Matrix for torch:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
flambeau	flaming torch; flare; torch
lampe de poche	flashlight; pocket torch; torch
torche	flaming torch; flare; torch
-	Aaron's rod; Verbascum thapsus; blowlamp; blowtorch; common mullein; flannel mullein; flashlight; great mullein; woolly mullein

Related Words for "torch":

torches

Synonyms for "torch":

light; light source
common mullein; great mullein; Aaron's rod; flannel mullein; woolly mullein; Verbascum thapsus; mullein; flannel leaf; velvet plant
flashlight; electric lamp
blowtorch; blowlamp; burner
burn; fire; burn down

Related Definitions for "torch":

a burner that mixes air and gas to produce a very hot flame¹
a small portable battery-powered electric lamp¹
a light usually carried in the hand; consists of some flammable substance¹
tall-stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers; ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches¹
burn maliciously, as by arson¹
- The madman torched the barns¹

Wiktionary Translations for torch:

torch

noun

stick with flame at one end
- torch → torche
portable electric light
- torch → lampe de poche; torche

verb

set fire to
- torch → incendier

torch

noun

(vieilli) torche de résine ou de cire qu’on portait à la main.
- flambeau → chandelier; torch
Lampe électrique portable fonctionnant avec des accumulateurs.
- lampe de poche → flashlight; torch
flambeau
- torche → torch

verb

détruire par le feu un édifice, une maison, une forêt, etc.
- incendier → torch; flame

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• torch	→ toche; flambeau	↔ toorts — houten stok die aan de bovenkant in een brandbare stof gedrenkt is, brandend zorgt het voor verlichting
• torch	→ lampe de poche	↔ zaklamp — lamp op zakformaat
• torch	→ lampe de poche	↔ zaklantaren — een draagbare bron van licht, gewoonlijk van energie voorzien middels batterijen
• torch	→ flambeau; torche	↔ Fackel — einfaches Gerät in Gestalt eines meist mit geeigneten brennbaren Stoffen (Wachs, Pech usw.) am oberen Ende versehenen Stockes, der dort entzündet wird, dient meist zum Leuchten, Signalisieren, Anzünden oder zu artistischen Darbietungen

Related Translations for torches

cutting torches

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University