doigté

See also: doigte

French

Etymology 1

Past participle substantivized from French doigter (“to finger, to put fingerings on a music sheet”). [from 18th c.]

Alternative forms

• (music, dated) doigter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwa.te/

• Audio (Normandy):

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• (Canada) IPA^(key): /dwa.te/, /dwɛ.te/
• Rhymes: -te, -e
• Homophones: doigtée, doigtées, doigter, doigtés, doigtez

Noun

doigté m (plural doigtés)

1. (music) fingering
2. (figurative) skill, tact
   • (Can we date this quote?), Manuel des farces et attrapes, Kinkajou/Gallimard, front cover:

     Faire des farces, cela s’apprend... Il faut avoir des idées, du doigté, de la patience. Il faut aussi savoir choisir sa victime.

     Making jokes, that is learned... You have to have ideas, tact, patience. You also have to know how to choose your victim.

Derived terms

• avoir du doigté

Etymology 2

Regular past participle of French doigter.

Participle

doigté (feminine doigtée, masculine plural doigtés, feminine plural doigtées)

1. past participle of doigter (“to finger”)

Further reading

• “doigté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.