English-French translations for torch

• torche
  - Monsieur le Président, les incendies de voitures en France ont fait l’effet d’une torche, révélant l’existence de la discrimination et de l’exclusion sociale. Mr President, the burning cars in France have acted like a torch, revealing the presence of discrimination and social exclusion.
• flambeau
  Nous devons avancer avec cette alternance de bonne volonté et de cohésion de l'Union européenne pour porter ce flambeau en avant. We must carry the torch of European Union forward with good will and consistency.
  Ensuite, nous passerons bien sûr le flambeau à nos successeurs au Luxembourg. Thereafter, we will, of course, be handing the torch to our successors in Luxembourg.
  Je suis convaincu qu'elle portera haut le flambeau du rêve de paix européen, du rêve de liberté européen et de l'objectif d'une Union toujours plus forte. I am sure it will hold high the torch of the European dream of peace, the European dream of freedom, and the aim of an ever stronger Union.
• incendier
• lampe de poche

Definition of torch

• A stick with a flame on one end, used chiefly as a light source; a similarly shaped implement with a replaceable supply of flammable material
• A portable light source powered by electricity; a flashlight
• An arsonist
• To set fire to, especially by use of a torch (flaming stick

Examples

• The mob of angry villagers carried torches and pitchforks to the vampires castle.
• Ernst slipped and dropped his torch on the flagstones, shattering the bulb and plunging us into darkness.
• Some hoodlums had torched a derelict automobile, which emitted a ghastly pall of thick, black smoke that filled the street.

Related words

• blowtorch
• cryptorchidism
• headtorch
• torchecul
• torchlight
• torchbearer
• torchwood
• cryptorchism
• torchiere