touchdown

== English == === Alternative forms === touch down, touch-down === Etymology === From touch +‎ down. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʌt͡ʃ.daʊn/ === 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. (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). (aviation) The moment when an aircraft or spacecraft makes first or final contact with the ground during a landing. Synonym: setdown The moment of contact of a tornado with the ground. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === touchdown on Wikipedia.Wikipedia touch down == Finnish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English touchdown. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtɑtʃˌdɑu̯n/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝t̪ʃˌdɑ̝u̯n] IPA(key): /ˈtɑtsˌdɑu̯n/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝ts̠ˌdɑ̝u̯n] Rhymes: -ɑun === Noun === touchdown (American football) touchdown ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== maali == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English touchdown. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtat͡ʃdaun/ [ˈt̪at͡ʃ.ð̞ãũn] Rhymes: -atʃdaun IPA(key): /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.