touche-à-tout
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French
Etymology
Univerbation of touche (“touches”, third-person singular present indicative of toucher (“to touch”)) + à (“to”) + tout (“everything”), literally “ touches everything”.
Pronunciation
Noun
touche-à-tout m or f by sense (plural touche-à-tout)
- (sometimes derogatory) jack of all trades
Further reading
- “touche-à-tout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.