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tougher
English
Adjective
tougher
- comparative form of tough: more tough
Anagrams
- oughter
German
Adjective
tougher
- comparative degree of tough
Adjective
tougher
- inflection of tough:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
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toucher
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)
- 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.
- 1853, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, ch 4:
- (bowls) A ball lying in contact with the jack.
- (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)
- The act of touching (see below).
- A way of touching.
- The sense of touch, tactility.
Verb
toucher
- (transitive) To touch (physically).
- (transitive) To affect
- (intransitive, followed by "à") To try, to try out.
- (intransitive, colloquial) Short for toucher sa bille. To be skillful.
- (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
- 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
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