When you defeat someone in Fencing, you say a word?

Question

IT sounds like Too shay, but how do you really spell it and what does it mean?

You can hear this in Stardust when Christian defeats his friend (I cant remember his friends name) in the witches house?

Answer 1

It is touché
Meaning in english touched

we also use it in a discussion if an argument hits

Answer 2

Touché: Main Entry: tou·ché
Pronunciation: \tü-ˈshā\
Function: interjection
Etymology: French, from past participle of toucher to touch, from Old French tuchier
Date: 1904
—used to acknowledge a hit in fencing or the success or appropriateness of an argument, an accusation, or a witty point

Answer 3

It's a French word and it's touche with an accent mark on the e. It means, "You wounded me, but only slightly."

touché |toōˈ sh ā|
exclamation
(in fencing) used as an acknowledgment of a hit by one's opponent.
• used as an acknowledgment during a discussion of a good or clever point made at one's expense by another person.
ORIGIN French, literally ‘touched,’ past participle of toucher.

Answer 4

Actually you say touché to acknowledge that you've been hit. If comes from the French for 'touched'.

Answer 5

Calib is DEAD on accurate including the accent aigu!!! That is the French 'e' that sounds like an 'a' and spelled é

Answer 6

Touche' means "touch", and signifies having scored a point. This is most often spoken by the one hit, to admit (in a gentlemanly manner) that their opponent has scored.

Answer 7

Touché.

Answer 8

Touche! Personally I prefer "I'll slash you to ribbons" but there are a lot of delightful fencing cliches.

Answer 9

The word is touché.
It is French for gotcha

Answer 10

touche. with an accent over the e pronoucing it "to-shay". it literally means "touch" in french. =)