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toucher

Pronunciation: /tu.ʃe/

“toucher” is a French word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the act of touching (see below)
  2. a way of touching
  3. the sense of touch, tactility

verb

  1. to touch (physically)
  2. to affect
  3. to receive, to get; to earn (money)
  4. to try, to try out
  5. to know a thing or two

In French

  1. Mettre la main sur quelque chose.
  2. Toucher les parties sexuelles d'une personne.
  3. Jouer, faire résonner, en parlant de certains instruments de musique.
  4. Avoir la maîtrise d’un sujet, d’un domaine. (voir toucher sa bille)
  5. Mettre en contact avec un objet, de quelque autre manière que ce soit.
  6. Atteindre.
  7. Contacter à distance (une personne).
  8. Aborder, arriver à.
  9. Il se dit aussi en parlant du contact qui a lieu entre toutes sortes de choses, lorsqu’elles se joignent. Être contigu à.
  10. Recevoir, en parlant d’une somme d’argent.
  11. Acheter; se procurer.
  12. Se faire soudoyer.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French toucher, from Old French tochier, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre (“to strike; to touch”), probably of Germanic origin, from Frankish *tukkōn (“to hit, bump, contact”); or onomatopoetic.

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