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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French torsade.
Pronunciation
Noun
torsade (countable and uncountable, plural torsades)
- A decoration, especially on hats, made from twisted ribbon
- Harper's Magazine
- the crown decked with torsades of pearls
- (pathology) torsade de pointes
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Derived terms
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French
Etymology
From tors (“twisted”) + -ade.
Pronunciation
Noun
torsade f (plural torsades)
- twist
- torsade (decoration)
- braid (of hair etc.)
- (architecture) cable moulding
- (knitting) cable
Verb
torsade
- inflection of torsader:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
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