torsade
French, noun
torsade is spelled T-O-R-S-A-D-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 105,879th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torsade is a French feminine noun meaning “twist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of torsader. With an accent, torsadé is a different word: “past participle of torsader”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rouleau de fils de soie, d’argent, d’or tordus en spirale qu’on emploie pour orner les tentures, les rideaux…”.
What does torsade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetwist
- 2
femininetorsade (decoration)
- 3
femininebraid (of hair etc.)
- 4
femininecable moulding
- 5
femininecable
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of torsader
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rouleau de fils de soie, d’argent, d’or tordus en spirale qu’on emploie pour orner les tentures, les rideaux, les épaulettes des officiers, etc. 2. Chose tordue en spirale.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of torsade
- torsades plural
- torsadée feminine
- torsadés masculine plural
- torsadées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to torsade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torsade in French?
torsade appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).