touchette
French, noun/tu.ʃɛt/
touchette is spelled T-O-U-C-H-E-T-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 96,749th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Touchette is a French feminine noun meaning “fret (on a guitar etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petites barres d’ivoire, incrustées dans le manche de la guitare, qui le divisent en demi-tons”.
What does touchette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefret (on a guitar etc)
- 2
femininean invalid touch
- 3
femininea slight bump with another car
- 4
femininea touch of the hooves on the obstacle that does not make it fall
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petites barres d’ivoire, incrustées dans le manche de la guitare, qui le divisent en demi-tons. 2. Touche non valide. 3. Petit accrochage qui n'empêche pas le pilote de continuer la course. 4. Lors d'un concours de saut, faute du cheval qui ne fait pas tomber l'obstacle.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of touchette
- touchettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce touchette?
- /tu.ʃɛt/
- \tu.ʃɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is touchette in French?
touchette appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).