Francuski | Angielski |
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touche nom {f} | button [buttons]◼◼◼(a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger) fingerboard◼◼◻(part of musical instrument) tinge◼◻◻(small added amount of colour; (by extension) small added amount of some other thing) |
touche [vulgar] nom {f} | catch [catches]◼◼◼(a find, in particular a boyfriend/girlfriend) |
touche Alt nom {f} | alt key◼◼◼(computing: a key on a keyboard) |
touche de suppression nom {f} | Delete◼◼◼(a key that may be pressed to delete something) |
touche finale nom {f} | finishing touch◼◼◼(final addition, change, or embellishment) |
touche majuscule nom {f} | shift [shifts]◼◼◼(button on a keyboard) shift key◼◼◼(key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard) |
touche morte nom {f} | dead key◼◼◼(special modifier key on a typewriter or computer keyboard) |
touche-à-tout nom | jack of all trades◼◼◼(one competent in many endeavors) |
touche-à-tout [antiquated] nom {m} nom {f} | busybody [busybodies]◼◼◼(someone who interferes with others) |
toucher verbe | affect [affected, affecting, affects]◼◼◼(to influence or alter) touch [touched, touching, touches]◼◼◼(make physical contact with) touch [touched, touching, touches]◼◼◼(affect emotionally) concern [concerned, concerning, concerns]◼◼◼(to be of importance to) impact [impacted, impacting, impacts]◼◼◼(to influence) feel [felt, feeling, feels]◼◼◻(transitive: to sense by touch) contact [contacted, contacting, contacts]◼◼◻(touch physically) impinge [impinged, impinging, impinges]◼◻◻(to make a physical impact on to collide, to crash (upon)) nail [nailed, nailing, nails]◼◻◻(hit a target effectively with some weapon) speak to◼◻◻(to resonate with) |
toucher nom {m} | touch [touches]◼◼◼(sense of perception by physical contact) touch [touches]◼◼◼(act of touching) |
toucher du bois (to touch wood) verbe | knock on wood◼◼◼(to take a customary action to ward off misfortune) |
toucher le fond verbe | hit the rocks◼◼◼(to be at a low point) |
toucher le jackpot verbe | hit the jackpot◼◼◼(to receive a favorable outcome, by luck) make a killing◼◻◻(to win or earn a large amount of money) |
toucher sa bille verbe | know one's stuff(knowledgeable in a particular field) |
toucher à sa fin verbe | come to an end◼◼◼(to cease) run out◼◻◻(to expire, to come to an end) |
touchette nom {f} | fret [frets]◼◼◼(one of the pieces of metal, etc., across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument) |
attoucher verbe | touch up(fondle or to grope someone, usually in an inappropriate way) |
avoir une touche phrase | someone's luck is in(someone is the object of another person's sexual attraction) |
banc de touche nom {m} | dugout [dugouts]◼◼◼(shelter) substitutes' bench(the bench on which substitutes sit) |
botter en touche verbe | kick into touch◼◼◼(evade an issue) kick into touch◼◼◼(rugby) |
cartouche nom {f} | cartridge [cartridges]◼◼◼(firearms package) cartridge [cartridges]◼◼◼(vessel which contains the ink for a computer printer) |