torques

torques

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of torque

torques

1. plural of torque

Borrowed from Latin torquēs.

torques (plural torqueses)

2. (historical) Synonym of torque (“collar or necklace of twisted metal”).
   • 1855, The Cambrian Journal, page 18:

     The torqueses worn by their chiefs, and which were displayed as valuable trophies at Rome, were exquisite works of art, as is proved by such as have been dug up from time to time.

• questor, quoters, roquets

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈtɔr.kəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈtɔɾ.kes]

torques

1. second-person singular present indicative of torcar

torques

1. plural of torque

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɔr.kʷeːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɔr.kʷes]

torquēs

1. second-person singular present active indicative of torqueō

torquēs

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of torquis

torquēs f (genitive torquis); third declension

1. alternative form of torquis

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -em or -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

• “torques”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “torques”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Borrowed from Latin torques.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoɾkes/ [ˈt̪oɾ.kes]
• Rhymes: -oɾkes
• Syllabification: tor‧ques

torques f (plural torques)

1. torque (a collar often made of metal and worn by various European peoples in ancient times)

• “torques”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025