touché

UK/ˈtuː.ʃeɪ/UK/tuːˈʃeɪ/

interjection

An acknowledgement of a hit.

OriginFrench touché →
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Meanings

interjection
  1. fencingAn acknowledgement of a hit.
  2. transferred senseAn acknowledgement of the validity, appropriateness, or superiority of an opponent's argument or statement in a discussion.

    Duckie: You know what an older woman does for me? Iona: Changes your diapers? Duckie: Touché.

    1986, John Hughes, Pretty in Pink

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
well played

Origin

  1. Frenchtouché
  2. Englishtouché

Borrowed from French touché, past participle of toucher (“to touch”). More at touch.

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Translations

Arabic مَلْمُوس, أَصَبْتَ
  • مَلْمُوس (malmūs)fencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • أَصَبْتَ (ʔaṣabta)acknowledgement
  • مَعَكَ حَقّ (maʕaka ḥaqq)acknowledgement
Catalan touché, touché
  • touchéfencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • touchéacknowledgement
Chinese Mandarin 有了, 不錯 /不错
  • 有了 (yǒule)fencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • 不錯 /不错 (bùcuò)acknowledgement
  • 說得對 /说得对 (shuōdeduì)acknowledgement
Czech touché, zásah
  • touchéacknowledgement
  • zásahacknowledgement
  • trefaacknowledgement
Dutch touché
  • touchéacknowledgement
Finnish touché, naulan kantaan
  • touchéfencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • naulan kantaanacknowledgement
French touché, touché
  • touchéfencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • touchéacknowledgement
German touché
  • touchéacknowledgement
Hebrew נגוּע
  • נגוּע (nagúa)fencing: acknowledgement of a hit
Hungarian tus, touché
  • tusfencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • touchéacknowledgement
  • jogosacknowledgement
  • ott a pontacknowledgement
Italian touché
  • touchéacknowledgement
Japanese トウシュ, 一本取られた
  • トウシュ (toushu)fencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • 一本取られた (ippon torareta)acknowledgement
Korean 투셰
  • 투셰 (tusye)fencing: acknowledgement of a hit
Polish trafienie
  • trafieniefencing: acknowledgement of a hit
Portuguese touché, touché
  • touchéfencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • touchéacknowledgement
Russian туше́, туше́
  • туше́ (tušé)fencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • туше́ (tušé)acknowledgement
Spanish touché, touché
  • touchéfencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • touchéacknowledgement
  • buen puntoacknowledgement
Swedish touché, touché
  • touchéfencing: acknowledgement of a hit
  • touchéacknowledgement

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with touché

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Cite this entry
APA

touché. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%C3%A9

MLA

“touché.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “touché,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/touch%C3%A9.

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