touche
pronunciation
How to pronounce touche in British English:
UK [ˈtu:ʃeɪ]
How to pronounce touche in American English:
US [tuˈʃeɪ]
Word Origin
- touche
- exclamation acknowledging a hit in fencing, 1902, from French touché, past participle of toucher "to hit," from Old French touchier "to hit" (see touch (v.)). Extended (non-fencing) use by 1907.
Example
- 1. Deloitte & touche inc. has been appointed as the receiver of the project , the same person said .
- 2. Deloitte touche tohmatsu 's grew by 14.9 % .
- 3. We are all fiercely warned away from ysl 's touche eclat , which is too drying to wear on a flight .
- 4. Siemens said it paid more than $ 850 million in fees and expenses to debevoise and the accounting firm deloitte & touche .
- 5. On september 19th deloitte touche tohmatsu was the first to report revenues for its 2012 fiscal year , crowing of 8.6 % growth , to $ 31.3 billion .