# touchdown
## English
### Alternative forms

* touch down, touch-down

### Etymology

From touch +‎ down.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

touchdown (countable and uncountable, plural touchdowns)
* (American football, Canadian football) A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone.
    Today I scored my first touchdown.
** 2020 October 29, Richard Goldstein, “Jimmy Orr, a Favorite Target of the Colts’ Unitas, Dies at 85”, in The New York Times‎:“I must have caught 45 or 50 touchdowns in that right corner,” he told The Baltimore Sun in 2009. “It was sloped some, a little downhill, which helped me speedwise. I wasn’t all that fast.”
* (rugby) A defensive action of grounding the ball in the team's own in-goal to stop the play.
* (rugby) A try (scoring play of grounding the ball in the opposing team's in-goal).
** 2011 February 13, Lyle Jackson, “Ireland 22-25 France”, in BBC‎:A first Test try by Fergus McFadden and a Tomas O'Leary touchdown helped Ireland to a 15-12 half-time lead.
* (aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing.
    Synonym: setdown
    The passengers audibly relaxed at touchdown.
** 1972 April 17, Elton John, Bernie Taupin, “Rocket Man”, in Honky Château‎, performed by Elton John:And I think it's gonna be a long, long time / 'Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find / I'm not the man they think I am at home / Oh, no, no, no […]
* The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground.
** 2003, Jessica McNew, Eyes in a Storm:The American Red Cross sent me to Alabama within twenty-four hours of the tornado's touchdown, and I visited the communities of Oak Grove and Rock Creek four subsequent times.

#### Derived terms

* touchdown dance
* touchdown pass

#### Translations
### See also

* touchdown on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* touch down

## Finnish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English touchdown.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑtʃˌdɑu̯n/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝t̪ʃˌdɑ̝u̯n]
* IPA: /ˈtɑtsˌdɑu̯n/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ts̠ˌdɑ̝u̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɑun

### Noun

touchdown
* (American football) touchdown

#### Declension

Possessive forms of touchdown (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
touchdownini
touchdownini
accusative
nom.
touchdownini
touchdownini
gen.
touchdownini
genitive
touchdownini
touchdownieni
partitive
touchdowniani
touchdownejani
inessive
touchdownissani
touchdowneissani
elative
touchdownistani
touchdowneistani
illative
touchdowniini
touchdowneihini
adessive
touchdownillani
touchdowneillani
ablative
touchdowniltani
touchdowneiltani
allative
touchdownilleni
touchdowneilleni
essive
touchdowninani
touchdowneinani
translative
touchdownikseni
touchdowneikseni
abessive
touchdownittani
touchdowneittani
instructive
comitative
—touchdowneineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
touchdownisi
touchdownisi
accusative
nom.
touchdownisi
touchdownisi
gen.
touchdownisi
genitive
touchdownisi
touchdowniesi
partitive
touchdowniasi
touchdownejasi
inessive
touchdownissasi
touchdowneissasi
elative
touchdownistasi
touchdowneistasi
illative
touchdowniisi
touchdowneihisi
adessive
touchdownillasi
touchdowneillasi
ablative
touchdowniltasi
touchdowneiltasi
allative
touchdownillesi
touchdowneillesi
essive
touchdowninasi
touchdowneinasi
translative
touchdowniksesi
touchdowneiksesi
abessive
touchdownittasi
touchdowneittasi
instructive
comitative
—touchdowneinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
touchdownimme
touchdownimme
accusative
nom.
touchdownimme
touchdownimme
gen.
touchdownimme
genitive
touchdownimme
touchdowniemme
partitive
touchdowniamme
touchdownejamme
inessive
touchdownissamme
touchdowneissamme
elative
touchdownistamme
touchdowneistamme
illative
touchdowniimme
touchdowneihimme
adessive
touchdownillamme
touchdowneillamme
ablative
touchdowniltamme
touchdowneiltamme
allative
touchdownillemme
touchdowneillemme
essive
touchdowninamme
touchdowneinamme
translative
touchdowniksemme
touchdowneiksemme
abessive
touchdownittamme
touchdowneittamme
instructive
comitative
—touchdowneinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
touchdowninne
touchdowninne
accusative
nom.
touchdowninne
touchdowninne
gen.
touchdowninne
genitive
touchdowninne
touchdownienne
partitive
touchdownianne
touchdownejanne
inessive
touchdownissanne
touchdowneissanne
elative
touchdownistanne
touchdowneistanne
illative
touchdowniinne
touchdowneihinne
adessive
touchdownillanne
touchdowneillanne
ablative
touchdowniltanne
touchdowneiltanne
allative
touchdownillenne
touchdowneillenne
essive
touchdowninanne
touchdowneinanne
translative
touchdowniksenne
touchdowneiksenne
abessive
touchdownittanne
touchdowneittanne
instructive
comitative
—touchdowneinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
touchdowninsa
touchdowninsa
accusative
nom.
touchdowninsa
touchdowninsa
gen.
touchdowninsa
genitive
touchdowninsa
touchdowniensa
partitive
touchdowniaan touchdowniansa
touchdownejaan touchdownejansa
inessive
touchdownissaan touchdownissansa
touchdowneissaan touchdowneissansa
elative
touchdownistaan touchdownistansa
touchdowneistaan touchdowneistansa
illative
touchdowniinsa
touchdowneihinsa
adessive
touchdownillaan touchdownillansa
touchdowneillaan touchdowneillansa
ablative
touchdowniltaan touchdowniltansa
touchdowneiltaan touchdowneiltansa
allative
touchdownilleen touchdownillensa
touchdowneilleen touchdowneillensa
essive
touchdowninaan touchdowninansa
touchdowneinaan touchdowneinansa
translative
touchdownikseen touchdowniksensa
touchdowneikseen touchdowneiksensa
abessive
touchdownittaan touchdownittansa
touchdowneittaan touchdowneittansa
instructive
comitative
—touchdowneineen touchdowneinensa :

#### Synonyms

* maali

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English touchdown.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtat͡ʃdaun/ [ˈt̪at͡ʃ.ð̞ãũn]
** Rhymes: -atʃdaun
* IPA: /ˈtot͡ʃdaun/ [ˈt̪ot͡ʃ.ð̞ãũn]
** Rhymes: -otʃdaun

### Noun

touchdown m (plural touchdowns)
* touchdown

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.