french touch

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from French +‎ touch, originally the name of a club night at Le Palace in Paris.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɛnʃ tɔtʃ/, /fʁɛntʃ tɔtʃ/, /fɹɛntʃ tɔtʃ/, /fʁɛnʃ tøtʃ/

Noun

french touch f (uncountable)

  1. (music) style of French house music popular in the 1990s
    • 2003, Irène Inchauspé, Rémi Godeau, chapter 13, in Main basse sur la musique, Calmann-Lévy, →ISBN:
      Décomplexant le milieu techno de l’Hexagone par rapport à son modèle britannique, Daft Punk devient le fer de lance de la French Touch, la musique électronique française, qui s’exporte aussi bien que les foulards Hermès et le beaujolais nouveau.
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  2. French touch (distinctively French style, quality or skill)

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