torve

• IPA^(key): /tɔrvə/, [ˈtˢɒːʊ]
• Homophone: tove

torve n

1. indefinite plural of torv

Borrowed from Latin torvus.

torve (plural torves)

1. sinister, menacing
2. (pathology) having a squint as exhibited by a sufferer of strabismus

• “torve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• orvet, voter, votre, vôtre

• IPA^(key): /ˈtor.ve/
• Rhymes: -orve
• Hyphenation: tór‧ve

torve

1. feminine plural of torvo

• trevo, verto, vetro

torve

1. vocative masculine singular of torvus

• torva (a infinitive)

From Old Norse torfa f.

• IPA^(key): /²tɔrʋɑ/

torve f (definite singular torva, indefinite plural torver, definite plural torvene)

1. a turf, a piece of earth covered with grass, cut from the soil

torve (present tense torvar, past tense torva, past participle torva, passive infinitive torvast, present participle torvande, imperative torve/torv)

1. to extract peat
2. to cover, patch with peat

• “torve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.