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touch [tʌt∫]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = sense of touch) toucher mb. ( = act of touching) contact mc. ( = character) to give sth a personal touch mettre une note personnelle dans qchd. ( = detail) détail m• small touches, such as flowers, can transform a room de petits détails, par exemple des fleurs, peuvent transformer une piècee. ( = small amount) it's a touch expensive c'est un petit peu cherf. ( = contact)► in touch• I'll be in touch! je te (or vous) téléphonerai !• keep in touch! tiens-nous au courant !• he has lost touch with what is going on il n'est plus dans le coup (inf)► to be out of touch ( = not up to date)• I'm out of touch with the latest developments je ne suis pas au courant des derniers développementsg. (Football) touche fh. ( = person) Mr Wilson is no soft touch M. Wilson n'est pas du genre à se laisser fairea. ( = come into contact with) toucher• they can't touch you if you don't break the law on ne peut rien te faire tant que tu restes dans la légalitéb. ( = tamper with) toucher à• don't touch that switch! ne touchez pas à ce bouton !• I didn't touch it! je n'y ai pas touché !• I didn't touch him! je ne l'ai pas touché !c. ( = deal with) (in exam) I didn't touch the third question je n'ai pas touché à la troisième questiond. [+ food, drink] toucher àe. ( = equal) valoirf. ( = move emotionally) toucherg. ( = reach) [+ level, speed] atteindrea. toucher• don't touch! n'y touchez pas !b. ( = come into contact with) [ends, lands] se toucherc. (speaking, writing) to touch on a subject aborder un sujet4. compounds• it was touch-and-go until the last minute l'issue est restée incertaine jusqu'au bout ► touch screen noun (Technical) écran tactile• touch screen technology technologie f à écran tactile ► touch-sensitive adjective [screen] tactile( = land) atterrir[+ crisis, riot] déclencher ; [+ reaction, argument] provoquer[+ painting, photo] retoucher* * *[tʌtʃ] 1.1) ( physical contact) contact m (physique)at the slightest touch — ( of button) à la moindre pression
2) ( sense) toucher m3) (style, skill) (of artist, writer) touche f; ( of musician) toucher ma fine touch at the net — ( in tennis) un toucher délicat au filet
4) ( little)there's a touch of class/of genius about her — elle a quelque chose d'élégant/de génial
a touch of sarcasm/of garlic — une pointe de raillerie/d'ail
5) ( communication) contact mto get/stay in touch with — se mettre/rester en contact avec
6) Sport touche f2.transitive verb1) ( come into contact with) toucher; ( interfere with) toucher à2) ( affect) gen toucher; ( adversely) affecter; ( as matter of concern) concerner3) ( reach) [price, temperature] atteindre [level]3.when it comes to cooking, no-one can touch him — pour la cuisine, personne ne peut l'égaler
intransitive verb ( come together) [wires, hands] se toucher‘do not touch’ — ‘ne pas toucher’
Phrasal Verbs:- touch on- touch up••to be an easy ou a soft touch — (colloq) être un pigeon (colloq)
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touch-tone — ADJ: ADJ n A touch tone telephone has numbered buttons that make different sounds when you press them. Some automatic telephone services can only be used with this kind of telephone … English dictionary
touch-tone — touch′ tone or touch′tone n. tgp a telephone dialing system using push buttons to generate ten tones of different pitch, each tone corresponding to a digit of a telephone number • Etymology: 1955–60, amer … From formal English to slang
touch-tone — ☆ touch tone [tuch′tōn΄ ] adj. [< Touch Tone, a former trademark] designating or of a type of telephone that may be used with a service (touch tone) that responds to individual fixed electronic tones activated by corresponding buttons pushed… … English World dictionary
touch-tone phone — UK US noun [countable] [singular touch tone phone plural touch tone phones] a telephone that has buttons with numbers on them that make a sound when you press them Thesaurus: telephones and telecommunication equipment … Useful english dictionary
Touch-Tone phone — Touch Tone .phone n trademark a telephone that produces different sounds when different buttons are pushed … Dictionary of contemporary English
touch-tone phone — noun count a telephone that has buttons with numbers on them that make a sound when you press them … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
touch-tone — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ (of a telephone) generating tones to dial rather than pulses … English terms dictionary
Touch-Tone — ˈ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ trademark used for a telephone having push buttons that produce tones corresponding to numbers * * * /tuch tohn /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a tone dialing system or a push button phone operating on tone dialing. n. 2. (sometimes… … Useful english dictionary
touch-tone phone — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms touch tone phone : singular touch tone phone plural touch tone phones a telephone that has buttons with numbers on them that make a sound when you press them … English dictionary
touch-tone — adjective Etymology: from Touch Tone, a trademark Date: 1962 of, relating to, or being a telephone having push buttons that produce tones corresponding to numbers … New Collegiate Dictionary
touch-tone — /tuch tohn /, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a tone dialing system or a push button phone operating on tone dialing. n. 2. (sometimes cap.) a tone dialing system. 3. a telephone utilizing this system. Also, touchtone. [1955 60, Amer.] * * * … Universalium