torsade

See also: torsadé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French torsade.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

torsade (countable and uncountable, plural torsades)

  1. A decoration, especially on hats, made from twisted ribbon
    • Harper's Magazine
      the crown decked with torsades of pearls
  2. (pathology) torsade de pointes

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French

Etymology

From tors (twisted) + -ade.

Pronunciation

Noun

torsade f (plural torsades)

  1. twist
  2. torsade (decoration)
  3. braid (of hair etc.)
  4. (architecture) cable moulding

Verb

torsade

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

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