tordre

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to twist; to bend
  2. (transitive) to wring
  3. (reflexive) to writhe

Concepts

twist
wring
bend
contort
wrench
🔧
warp
distort
squeeze
turn
sprain

twist off

mangle
wrest
deform
wrick
wring out
lean
sophisticate
pervert
curve
pinch
press
rick
screw
spin-dry
strip
tweak
twiddle
depart
cripple

twist around

convolute
wreathe
buckle
wriggle
bow
🙇
writhe
yield

puzzle over

twine
deprive

distord

crook
firebrand
flex
incline
injure
lame
make
meander
Synonyms

tortiller
29k
courber
40k
essorer
déformer
32k
presser
C1
pencher
C2
torsader
tresser
48k

se tordre

enlever
B1
crisper
tourner
B1
incliner
21k
corder
pressurer
rouler
B2

se débattre

se pencher

visser
32k
avérer
21k
distordre
incurver
ratatiner
tison
aborder
C1

voilement

adresser
C1
compresser
détourner
C1
entorse
C2
entortiller
fabriquer
C1
faire mal
fléchir
40k
passer
A1
pincer
C2
plier
C1
ramper
C2
remuer
C1
retourner
A2
Translations

torcer
torcer
torcere
drehen
verdrehen
retorcer
verdraaien
wringen
draaien
verbuigen
winden

twijnen

storcere
torçar
vertrekken
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/tɔʁdʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French
tordre
Inherited from Latin
Latin
torqueo
In summary

Inherited from Old French tordre, tortre, from Vulgar Latin *torcĕre, from Latin torquēre.

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