torcher

English

Etymology

torch +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɔɹt͡ʃɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɔːt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tʃə(ɹ)
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • 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.
  3. (music) A torch song
    • 1988, August 26, “Neil Tesser”, in Montgomery, Plant & Stritch‎:
      […] their set includes a Patsy Cline torcher and reaches some sort of peak with a 29-song Irving Berlin medley.

French

Etymology

From torche +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔʁ.ʃe/

Verb

torcher

  1. to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt
    Torcher les assiettes.
    To wipe the plates.
  2. to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site)
  3. (slang) to churn out
    Synonym: bâcler

Conjugation
Conjugation of torcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle torchant
/tɔʁ.ʃɑ̃/
past participle torché
/tɔʁ.ʃe/
infinitive
simple torcher
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple torchant
/tɔʁ.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present torche
/tɔʁʃ/		 torches
/tɔʁʃ/		 torche
/tɔʁʃ/		 torchons
/tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃/		 torchez
/tɔʁ.ʃe/		 torchent
/tɔʁʃ/
imperfect torchais
/tɔʁ.ʃɛ/		 torchais
/tɔʁ.ʃɛ/		 torchait
/tɔʁ.ʃɛ/		 torchions
/tɔʁ.ʃjɔ̃/		 torchiez
/tɔʁ.ʃje/		 torchaient
/tɔʁ.ʃɛ/
past historic2 torchai
/tɔʁ.ʃe/		 torchas
/tɔʁ.ʃa/		 torcha
/tɔʁ.ʃa/		 torchâmes
/tɔʁ.ʃam/		 torchâtes
/tɔʁ.ʃat/		 torchèrent
/tɔʁ.ʃɛʁ/
future torcherai
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁe/		 torcheras
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁa/		 torchera
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁa/		 torcherons
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/		 torcherez
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁe/		 torcheront
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional torcherais
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 torcherais
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 torcherait
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/		 torcherions
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/		 torcheriez
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁje/		 torcheraient
/tɔʁ.ʃə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present torche
/tɔʁʃ/		 torches
/tɔʁʃ/		 torche
/tɔʁʃ/		 torchions
/tɔʁ.ʃjɔ̃/		 torchiez
/tɔʁ.ʃje/		 torchent
/tɔʁʃ/
imperfect2 torchasse
/tɔʁ.ʃas/		 torchasses
/tɔʁ.ʃas/		 torchât
/tɔʁ.ʃa/		 torchassions
/tɔʁ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/		 torchassiez
/tɔʁ.ʃa.sje/		 torchassent
/tɔʁ.ʃas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — torche
/tɔʁʃ/		 — torchons
/tɔʁ.ʃɔ̃/		 torchez
/tɔʁ.ʃe/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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