different between torcher vs toucher

English

Etymology

torch +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?t??t???/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?t??t???(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t??(?)
• Homophone: torture
• Hyphenation: torch?er

Noun

torcher (plural torchers)

1. One who torches something

   The torchers of buildings must be dealt with.

2. (obsolete) One who gives light with a torch, or as if with a torch.
   • 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, II. i. 162:

     Ere twice the horses of the sun shall bring / Their fiery torcher his diurnal ring,

3. (music) A torch song

French

Etymology

From torche +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.?e/

Verb

torcher

1. to wipe with a cloth to remove dirt

2. to flare (to burn off excess gas at a petroleum drilling site)
3. (slang) to churn out

   Synonym: bâcler

Conjugation

Derived terms

• torchage
• torche-cul
• torchée
• torcheur
• torchon

Further reading

• “torcher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

English

Etymology

From Middle English toucher, equivalent to touch +? -er. The pejorative sense is derived from the sense of "touching" someone for money.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?t??(?)

Noun

toucher (plural touchers)

1. One who touches.
   • 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 4:

     We just twist up Chancery Lane, and cut along Holborn, and there we are in four minutes' time, as near as a toucher.

2. (bowls) A ball lying in contact with the jack.
3. (Tyneside, derogatory) A toucha; one who tries to get something out of others for nothing in return.

Anagrams

• Hectour, hectour, retouch

French

Etymology

From Middle French toucher, from Old French tochier, from Vulgar Latin *tucc? (“to strike; to touch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.?e/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophones: touchai, touché, touchée, touchées, touchers, touchés, touchez

Noun

toucher m (plural touchers)

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

Verb

toucher

1. (transitive) To touch (physically).

2. (transitive) To affect

3. (intransitive, followed by "à") To try, to try out.

4. (intransitive, colloquial) Short for toucher sa bille. To be skillful.

5. (transitive, money, income) to receive, to get

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Dutch: toucheren

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “toucher” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Verb

toucher

1. to touch

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Descendants

• French: toucher