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{{also|Touch}}
==English==
{{wikipedia|Touch (disambiguation)|Touch}}

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*dewk-}}
From {{inh|en|enm|touchen}}, {{m|enm|tochen}}, from {{der|en|fro|tochier|t=to touch}} (whence Modern {{cog|fr|toucher}}; compare French doublet {{m|fr|toquer||to offend, bother, harass}}), from {{der|en|VL.|*tuccō|t=to knock, strike, offend}}, from {{der|en|frk|*tukkōn|t=to knock, strike, touch}}, from {{der|en|gem-pro|*tukkōną|t=to tug, grab, grasp}}, from {{der|en|ine-pro|*dewk-|t=to draw, pull, lead}}. Displaced native {{ncog|enm|rinen}}, from {{ncog|ang|hrīnan}} (whence {{w|Modern English}} {{m|en|rine}}).

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Cognate with {{cog|goh|zochhōn}}, {{m|goh|zuhhōn|t=to grasp, take, seize, snatch}} (whence {{cog|de|zucken||to jerk, flinch}}), {{cog|nds-de|tucken}}, {{m|nds-de|tocken||to fidget, twitch, pull up, entice, throb, knock, repeatedly tap}}, {{cog|dum|tocken}}, {{m|odt|tucken|t=to touch, entice}} (whence {{cog|nl|tokkelen||to strum, pluck}}), {{cog|ang|tucian}}, {{m|ang|tūcian|t=to disturb, mistreat}} (whence Modern {{m+|en|tuck}}). Compare also {{noncog|goh|tokkōn}}, {{m|goh|tockōn|t=to abut, collide}}. Outside Germanic, cognate to {{cog|sq|cek||to touch}}, {{cog|cu|тъкнѫти}}. More at [[tuck]], [[take]].
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===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|tŭch}}, {{IPA|en|/tʌt͡ʃ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-touch.ogg|a=US}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-touch.wav|a=UK}}
* {{i|dialectal|archaic}} {{enPR|tĕch}}, {{IPA|en|/tɛt͡ʃ/}}<ref>{{R:Stanley SET|I|12|27}}</ref>
* {{enPR|tŏch|a=Appalachians,obsolete}}, {{IPA|en|/tɑt͡ʃ/}}<ref>{{R:Hall PGSMS|1|11|41}}</ref>
* {{rhymes|en|ʌtʃ|s=1}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# Primarily physical senses.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To {{l|en|make}} physical {{l|en|contact}} with; to {{l|en|bring}} the hand, finger or other {{l|en|part}} of the body into contact with. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|contact|Thesaurus:feel}}
##: {{ux|en|I '''touched''' his {{l|en|face}} softly.}}
##* {{RQ:Landor Gebir|edition=2nd|page=107|passage=While thus she spake, / She '''toucht''' his eye-lashes with libant lip / And breath'd ambrosial odours; {{...}}}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To {{l|en|come}} into (involuntary) contact with; to {{l|en|meet}} or {{l|en|intersect}}. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|Sitting on the {{l|en|bench}}, the {{l|en|hem}} of her {{l|en|skirt}} '''touched''' the ground.}}
## {{lb|en|intransitive}} To come into physical contact, or to be in physical contact. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|They {{l|en|stood}} {{l|en|next}} to each other, their shoulders '''touching'''.}}
## {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make physical contact with a thing. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|Please can I have a {{l|en|look}}, if I promise not to '''touch'''?}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To physically {{l|en|disturb}}; to interfere with, molest, or attempt to {{l|en|harm}} {{l|en|through}} contact. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|If you '''touch''' her, I'll kill you.}}
##* {{RQ:King James Version|Genesis|27|28-29|passage=Let us make a covenant with thee, that thou {{l|en|wilt}} do us no {{l|en|hurt}}, as we have not '''touched''' thee.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[intimate]] physical contact with a person.
##: {{syn|en|caress|fondle|grope}}
##: {{ux|en|The man was arrested for '''touching''' a girl without her consent.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|or|reflexive}} To sexually excite with the fingers; to {{l|en|finger}} or {{l|en|masturbate}}. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|Her parents had {{l|en|caught}} her '''touching''' herself when she was fifteen.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to be briefly in contact with something.
##: ''He quickly '''touched''' his knee to the worn marble.''
##: ''The demonstrator nearly '''touched''' the rod on the ball.''
##: ''She '''touched''' her lips to the glass.''
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To physically affect in specific ways {{l|en|implied}} by context. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|Frankly, this {{l|en|wood}}'s so {{l|en|strong}} that sandpaper won't '''touch''' it.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To {{l|en|consume}}, or otherwise use. {{defdate|from 15th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:ingest}}
##: {{ux|en|Are you all {{l|en|right}}? You've hardly '''touched''' your lunch.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1959|author=w:Georgette Heyer|title=w:The Unknown Ajax|chapter=1
|passage=But Richmond{{...}}appeared to {{l|en|lose}} himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not '''touched''', had been removed with a damson {{l|en|pie}}; and his sister saw{{...}}that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either.}}
## {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a {{l|en|ship}} or its passengers: to {{l|en|land}}, to make a {{l|en|short}} {{l|en|stop}} (at). {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
##* {{RQ:Melville Moby-Dick|text=Now a {{l|en|certain}} {{l|en|grand}} merchant ship once '''touched''' at Rokovoko, and its commander &mdash; from all accounts, a very stately punctilious gentleman, at least for a sea captain &mdash; this commander was invited to the wedding {{l|en|feast}} of Queequeg's sister, a pretty young princess just turned of ten.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|now|historical}} To lay {{l|en|hands}} on (someone suffering from {{l|en|scrofula}}) as a {{l|en|form}} of {{l|en|cure}}, as formerly practised by English and French monarchs. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|year=1971|author={{w|Keith Thomas (historian)|Keith Thomas}}|title=Religion and the Decline of Magic|publisher=Folio Society|year_published=2012|page=189
|passage=But in fact the English {{l|en|kings}} of the seventeenth century usually began to '''touch''' form the day of their accession, without waiting for any such consecration.}}
## {{lb|en|intransitive|obsolete}} To [[fasten]]; to take effect; to make [[impression]].
##* {{RQ:Bacon Sylva Sylvarum|passage=Strong waters {{l|en|pierce}} metals, and will '''touch''' upon gold, that will not '''touch''' upon silver.}}
## {{lb|en|nautical}} To bring (a sail) so close to the {{l|en|wind}} that its weather leech shakes.
## {{lb|en|intransitive|nautical}} To be brought, as a {{l|en|sail}}, so {{l|en|close}} to the wind that its weather {{l|en|leech}} shakes.
## {{lb|en|nautical}} To keep the ship as near (the wind) as possible.
##: {{ux|en|to '''touch''' the wind}}
# Primarily non-physical senses.
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To {{l|en|imbue}} or {{l|en|endow}} with a specific quality. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##* {{quote-journal|en|date=09 Apr 88|journal=Gay Community News|page=6|author=Vicki Gabriner|title=Dancing for the Living and the Dead|text=This year, J. Allen Collier, the artistic director and producer, invited choreographers to create dance pieces exploring the multi-faceted responses to the AIDS crisis. This thematic unity '''touched''' the show with additional solemnity and grace.}}
##: {{ux|en|My grandfather, as many people know, was '''touched''' with greatness.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To deal with in {{l|en|speech}} or writing; to {{l|en|mention}} briefly, to {{l|en|allude}} to. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|Thesaurus:mention}}
##* {{RQ:Burton Melancholy|edition=2nd}}, I.2.4.vii:
##*: Next to sorrow still I may annex such accidents as procure {{l|en|fear}}; for besides those terrors which I have before '''touched''',{{...}}there is a superstitious fear{{...}}which much trouble many of us.
## {{lb|en|intransitive}} To deal with in speech or writing; briefly to speak or write (''on'' or ''upon'' something). {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|refer|Thesaurus:pertain}}
##* {{RQ:Stevenson Jekyll and Hyde|||"Well, but since we have '''touched''' upon this business, and for the last time I hope," continued the doctor, "there is one point I should like you to understand."}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To {{l|en|concern}}, to have to do with. {{defdate|14th|19th c.}}
##* {{RQ:Tyndale NT|Acts|V|text=Men of Israhell take hede to youreselves what ye entende to do as '''touchinge''' these men.}}
##* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=1|passage=The stories did not seem to me to '''touch''' life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed. They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.}}
##* '''1919''', {{w|Saki}}, ‘The Penance’, ''The Toys of Peace'', Penguin 2000 {{qualifier|Complete Short Stories}}, page 423:
##*: And now it seemed he was engaged in something which '''touched''' them closely, but must be hidden from their knowledge.
## {{senseid|en|affect emotionally}}{{lb|en|transitive}} To affect emotionally; to bring about {{l|en|tender}} or painful feelings in. {{defdate|from 14th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|affect|move|stir}}
##* {{RQ:Shakespeare Othello|IV|1|text=If you are so fond over her iniquity, give her patent<br>to offend, for if it '''touch''' not you, it comes near<br>nobody.}}
##: {{ux|en|Stefan was '''touched''' by the song's message of hope.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|dated}} To {{l|en|affect}} in a negative way, especially only slightly. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|He had been drinking over lunch, and was clearly '''touched'''.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|Scottish history}} To give [[royal assent]] to by touching it with the [[sceptre]]. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|The bill was finally '''touched''' after many hours of deliberation.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To obtain money from, usually by [[borrow]]ing (from a friend). {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
##: {{ux|en|I was running short, so I '''touched''' old Bertie for a fiver.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|always passive}} To [[disturb]] the mental functions of; to make somewhat [[insane]]; often followed with "in the head". {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|dement|Thesaurus:becraze}}
##: {{ux|en|You must be '''touched''' if you think I'm taking your advice.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|in negative constructions}} To be on the {{l|en|level}} of; to approach in excellence or quality. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
##: {{syn|en|match|rival|Thesaurus:be equal}}
##* {{quote-text|en|year=1928|author=w:Dorothy L. Sayers|chapter=The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers|title=w:Lord Peter Views the Body
|passage=There was his mistress, Maria Morano. I don't think I've ever seen anything to '''touch''' her, and when you work for the screen [as I do] you're apt to have a pretty exacting standard of female beauty.}}
##* {{quote-book|en|author=w:Agatha Christie|title=Murder on the Orient Express|location=London|publisher=HarperCollins|year=1934|year_published= 2017|chapter=6|page=118|passage='Lind Arden was a great genius, one of the greatest tragic actresses in the world. As Lady Macbeth, as Magda, there was no one to '''touch''' her.'}}
## {{lb|en|transitive}} To come close to; to [[approach]].
##: {{syn|en|near}}
##* {{quote-text|en|date=July 15 2012|author=Richard Williams|publisher=Guardian Unlimited|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/15/tour-de-france-2012-bradley-wiggins|title=Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
|passage=On Sunday afternoon it was as dark as night, with barely room for two riders abreast on a gradient that '''touches''' 20%.}}
## {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To mark (a file or document) as having been modified.
# To [[try]]; to [[prove]], as with a {{l|en|touchstone}}.
#: {{syn|en|test}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Othello|act=III|scene=iii|passage=I mean to '''touch''' your love indeed.}}
# To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
#* {{RQ:Pope Essay on Criticism|passage=The lines, though '''touched''' but faintly, are drawn right.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} To {{l|en|infect}}; to {{l|en|affect}} slightly.
#* {{RQ:Bacon Henry 7|passage=Hee was '''touched''' with great Remorse}}
# To [[strike]]; to [[manipulate]]; to [[play]] on.
#: {{ux|en|to '''touch''' an instrument of music}}
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=7|passage=[They] '''touched''' their golden harps.|year=1873}}
# To [[perform]], as a tune; to [[play]].
#* {{RQ:Scott Waverley|passage=A person in the royal retinue '''touched''' a light and lively air on the flageolet.}}
# To [[influence]] by [[impulse]]; to [[impel]] forcibly.
#* {{RQ:Milton Paradise Lost|book=10|passage=No decree of mine,{{...}}[to] '''touch''' with lightest moment of impulse his free will.|year=1873}}

====Conjugation====
{{en-conj|es|old=1|past_old=toucht}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|heart-touching|touching ball
|everything one touches turns to gold|not touch with a barge pole|not touch with a ten-foot pol|touch-me-not-ish
|everything one touches turns to shit
|touch a nerve
|touch base
|touch bottom
|touch down
|touch in
|touch off
|touch on
|touch out
|touch the hem of someone's garment
|touch up
|touch wood|touch the body
|because you touch yourself at night|don't touch that dial|not touch something with a barge pole|not touch something with a ten-foot pole|touch 'em all|touch a chord|touch a raw nerve|touch and go|touch bases|touch cloth|touch grass|touch labor|touch one's forelock|touch some grass|touch someone's hem|touch someone's robe|touch the hem of someone's robe|touch upon|touch-and-go|touch-and-go landing|touch-me-not|touch-move rule|wouldn't touch with yours}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|make physical contact with}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|prek}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لَمَسَ}}
*: Gulf Arabic: {{t|afb|جاس|tr=jās}}
*: Moroccan Arabic: {{t|ary|قاس|tr=qās}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|դիպչել}}, {{t+|hy|կպնել}} {{qualifier|informal}}, {{t+|hy|շոշափել}}, {{t+|hy|ձեռք տալ}}
* Assamese: {{t|as|চু}}, {{t|as|ছু}}
* Asturian: {{t|ast|tocar}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|toxunmaq}}, {{t|az|dəymək}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|ukitu}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|крана́ць|impf}}, {{t|be|крану́ць|pf}}, {{t|be|датыка́цца|impf}}, {{t|be|даткну́цца|pf}}
* Belizean Creole: {{t|bzj|toch}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|ধরা}}, {{t+|bn|লাগা}}
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|छूअल}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|докосвам|impf|alt=доко́свам се}}, {{t+|bg|докосна|pf|alt=доко́сна се}}, {{t+|bg|допирам|impf|alt=допи́рам се}}, {{t+|bg|допра|pf|alt=допра́ се}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ထိ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|tocar}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎠᏒᏂᎭ}}
* Chinese:
*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|撞|tr=dâung}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|接觸|tr=jiēchù}}, {{t+|cmn|觸摸|tr=chùmō}}, {{t+|cmn|摸|tr=mō}}, {{t+|cmn|觸|tr=chù}}
* Chuukese: {{t|chk|attapa}}
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|toqunmaq}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|dotýkat|impf|alt=dotýkat se}}, {{t|cs|dotknout|pf|alt=dotknout se}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|røre}}, {{t|da|berøre}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|aanraken}}, {{t+|nl|beroeren}}, {{t+|nl|raken}}
* Egyptian: {{t-egy|dmj|h=d-mi-i-D41}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|tuŝi}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|puudutama}}
* Farefare: {{t|gur|kalʋm}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|nema við}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|koskea}}, {{t+|fi|koskettaa}}, {{t+|fi|kosketella}}
* French: {{t+|fr|toucher}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|tocjâ}}, {{t|fur|točhâ}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|tocar}}, {{t+|gl|tanguer}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეხება}}
* German: {{t+|de|anfassen}}, {{t+|de|berühren}}
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐍄𐌴𐌺𐌰𐌽}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αγγίζω}}, {{t+|el|ακουμπώ}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἀγγίζω}}, {{t|grc|ἅπτω}}, {{t|grc|θιγγάνω}}
* Gujarati: {{t|gu|અડવું}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|manyen}}, {{t|ht|touche}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נָגַע|tr=nagá}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|छूना}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|érint}}, {{t+|hu|megérint}}, {{t+|hu|hozzányúl}}, {{t+|hu|hozzáér}}, {{t+|hu|tapint}}, {{t+|hu|megtapint}}, {{t+|hu|érintkezik}}, {{t+|hu|összeér}}, {{t+|hu|ér}}
* Iban: {{t|iba|megai}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|snerta}}, {{t|is|koma við}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|tushar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menyentuh}}, {{t+|id|menyinggung}}
* Ingrian: {{t|izh|kerttää}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|bain do}}, {{t|ga|bain le}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|toccare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|触る|tr=さわる, sawaru}}, {{t+|ja|触れる|tr=ふれる, fureru}}, {{t+|ja|接触|tr=せっしょくする, sesshoku suru|alt=接触する}}
* Kabuverdianu: {{t|kea|palpa}}, {{t|kea|palpá}}
* Kambera: {{t|xbr|ràma}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жанасу}}, {{t|kk|тию}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ប៉ះ}}, {{t+|km|ពាល់}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|닿다}}, {{t+|ko|만지다}}
* Kurdish:
*: Central Kurdish: {{t|ckb|دەست لێدان}}
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|dest lê dan}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|тийүү}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຈັບຕ້ອງ}}, {{t|lo|ບາຍ}}, {{t|lo|ແຕະຕ້ອງ}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|dūrtīs}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|tangō}}, {{t+|la|taxō}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|skart}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|liesti}}, {{t|lt|paliesti}}
* Low German:
*: German Low German: {{t|nds-de|anraken}}, {{t|nds-de|berören}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|допира|impf}}, {{t|mk|допре|pf}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|menyentuh}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സ്പർശിക്കുക}}, {{t+|ml|തൊടുക}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|mess}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakapā}}, {{t|mi|pā}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|барих}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|touchi}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|berøre}}
* Nyunga: {{t|nys|bakiny}}, {{t|nys|bakiny}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|tocar}}, {{t+|oc|tochar}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hrīnan}}
* Oromo: {{t|om|tuquu}}
* Ossetian: {{t|os|ныдзӕвын}}
* Pashto: {{t|ps|لمسول|tr=lamsawǝ́l}}, {{t|ps|بلېسول|tr=blesawə́l}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|پرماسیدن|tr=parmâsidan}}, {{t+|fa|زدن|tr=zadan}}, {{t+|fa|لمس کردن|tr=lams kardan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dotykać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|dotknąć|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tocar}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|llamkhay}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|atinge}}
* Romansch: {{t|rm|tutgar}}, {{t|rm|tuccar}}, {{t|rm|tutgear}}, {{t|rm|tutgier}}, {{t|rm|tucher}}, {{t|rm|tocker}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|тро́гать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|тро́нуть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|дотра́гиваться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|дотро́нуться|pf}}, {{t+|ru|каса́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|косну́ться|pf}}, {{t+|ru|прикаса́ться|impf}}, {{t+|ru|прикосну́ться|pf}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|apodhicare}}, {{t|sc|apoddicare}}, {{t|sc|apodhigai}}, {{t|sc|apodighare}}, {{t|sc|podhicare}}, {{t|sc|tocae}}, {{t|sc|tocai}}, {{t|sc|tocare}}, {{t|sc|togare}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ди́рати|impf}}, {{t|sh|та̀кнути|pf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dírati|impf}}, {{t+|sh|tàknuti|pf}}
* Sicilian: {{t+|scn|tuccari}}
* Sinhalese: {{t-needed|si}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|dotýkať|impf|alt=dotýkať sa}}, {{t|sk|dotknúť|pf|alt=dotknúť sa}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|dotikati|impf|alt=dotikati se}}, {{t|sl|dotakniti|pf|alt=dotakniti se}}
* Somali: {{t|so|taabasho}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|tocar}}, {{t|es|tactar}} {{qualifier|Guatemala}}, {{t+|es|palpar}}, {{t+|es|apalpar}}, {{t|es|tastar}}, {{t+|es|tangir}}, {{t+|es|hurgar}}, {{t+|es|percanzar}}
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|gusa|alt=kugusa}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|röra}}, {{t+|sv|beröra}}, {{t+|sv|ta på}}, {{t+|sv|tuscha}}, {{t|sv|toucha}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|ламс кардан}}, {{t|tg|даст задан}}
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|தொடு}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|тиергә}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|[[స్పర్శ]] [[అంటుకొను]]}}, {{t+|te|తాకు}}, {{t+|te|ముట్టుకొను}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|แตะ}}, {{t+|th|สัมผัส}}, {{t+|th|แตะต้อง}}, {{t+|th|จับ}}
* Tocharian B: {{t|txb|täk-}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dokunmak}}, {{t+|tr|ellemek}}, {{t+|tr|değmek}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|degmek}}, {{t|tk|ellemek}}
* Tuvan: {{t|tyv|дээр}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|доторка́тися|impf}}, {{t|uk|доторкну́тися|pf}}, {{t|uk|торка́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|торкну́ти|pf}}, {{t|uk|торка́тися|impf}}, {{t|uk|торкну́тися|pf}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|چھونا|tr=chūnā}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|تېگىشمەك}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|tegmoq}}
* Venetan: {{t+|vec|tocar}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|sờ}}, {{t+|vi|rờ}}, {{t+|vi|chạm}}, {{t+|vi|động}}, {{t+|vi|đụng}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|djonde}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|טאַפּן}}, {{t|yi|באַטאַפּן}}, {{t|yi|נוגע זײַן|tr=negeye zayn}}, {{t|yi|אָנרירן}}, {{t|yi|צורירן}}, {{t|yi|באַרירן}}, {{t|yi|פֿינגערן}}, {{t|yi|טשעפּן זיך}}
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{{trans-top|affect emotionally}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|тро́гвам|impf}}, {{t+|bg|вълну́вам|impf}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|røre}}, {{t|da|bevæge}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|raken}}, {{t+|nl|roeren}}, {{t+|nl|ontroeren}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|kortuŝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|koskettaa}}
* French: {{t+|fr|toucher}}, {{t+|fr|émouvoir}}
* German: {{t+|de|rühren}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|συγκινώ}}
* Hebrew: {{t|he|ריגש|alt=ריגש \ רִגֵּשׁ|tr=rigésh}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|meghat}}, {{t+|hu|megindít}}, {{t+|hu|megérint}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|emocigar}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|tersentuh}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|commuovere}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|印象付ける|tr=いんしょうづける, inshōzukeru}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|닿다}}, {{t+|ko|두드리다}}
* Latgalian: {{t|ltg|dasadūrt}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|tangere}}, {{t+|la|taxare}}, {{t|la|toccare}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|aizskart}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|menyentuh}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tae}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|touchi}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|berøre}}, {{t+|nb|røre}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hrīnan}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wzruszać|impf}}, {{t|pl|wzruszyć|pf}}, {{t+|pl|poruszać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|poruszyć|pf}}, {{t+|pl|dotykać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|dotknąć|pf}}, {{t|pl|atandrysować|impf}} {{qualifier|archaic}}, {{t|pl|rozczulać|impf}}, {{t|pl|rozczulić|pf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tocar}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|emoționa}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|волнова́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|взволнова́ть|pf}}, {{t+|ru|растро́гать|pf}}, {{t+|ru|тро́гать|impf}}, {{t+|ru|тро́нуть|p}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|ди́рати|impf}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dírati|impf}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|conmover}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|röra}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|తాకు}}, {{t|te|స్పర్శించు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|กินใจ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dokunmak}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|звору́шувати|impf}}, {{t|uk|звору́ши́ти|pf}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|mouwer}}, {{t+|wa|efarfouyî}}
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===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# An act of touching, especially with the [[hand]] or [[finger]].
#: {{syn|en|contact|contaction|taction}}
#: {{ux|en|Suddenly, in the crowd, I felt a '''touch''' at my shoulder.}}
# The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
#: {{syn|en|tactition|Thesaurus:tactition}}
#: {{ux|en|With the lights out, she had to rely on '''touch''' to find her desk.}}
# The style or technique with which one plays a [[musical instrument]].
#: {{ux|en|He performed one of Ravel's piano concertos with a wonderfully light and playful '''touch'''.}}
# {{lb|en|music}} The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers.
#: {{ux|en|a heavy '''touch''', or a light '''touch'''}}
# A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
#: {{syn|en|trait|Thesaurus:characteristic}}
#: {{ux|en|Clever '''touches''' like this are what make her such a brilliant writer.}}
# A little bit; a small amount.
#: {{syn|en|smidgen|Thesaurus:modicum}}
#: {{ux|en|Move it left just a '''touch''' and it will be perfect.}}
#: {{ux|en|I'd like to see a '''touch''' more enthusiasm in the project.}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3|act=IV|scene=iv|passage=Madam, I have a '''touch''' of your condition.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|title=The Masked Bob-white (''Colinus ridgewayi'') of Arizona, and its Allies| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| editor=Joel Asaph Allen| publisher=American Museum of Natural History| year=1886| page=282| passage=In another example, there are a few '''touches''' of white above the eye, and a white postocular stripe, which becomes quite broad where it terminates on the side of the neck.}}
#* {{quote-journal
|en
|year=1894
|title=From Month to Month
|url=https://archive.org/details/chronicleoflond1894lond_7/
|journal=The Chronicle of the {{w|London Missionary Society}}
|issue=33
|publisher=Readers Union
|oclc=183334441
|page=220
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/chronicleoflond1894lond_7/page/220/
|text=We had looked forward to four or five days' work in Ying-shan similar to that in Yün-mung,  but at the end of our two days' walk from the one city to the other (they lie more than fifty miles apart), Mr. Terrell had a '''touch''' of fever, so we judged it best to remain in Ying-shan only for a day and then travel as quickly as possible by chair to Teh-ngan to consult our good friend, Dr. Morley, of the Wesleyan Mission Hospital in that city, and from thence take boat for Hankow....}}
# The part of a sports field beyond the [[touchlines]] or goal-lines.
#: {{ux|en|He got the ball, and kicked it straight out into '''touch'''.}}
# A [[relationship]] of close [[communication]] or [[understanding]].
#: {{syn|en|connection|contact}}
#: {{ux|en|He promised to keep in '''touch''' while he was away.}}
#: {{ux|en|lose '''touch'''}}
# The ability to perform a task well; [[aptitude]].
#: {{syn|en|proficiency|Thesaurus:skill}}
#: {{ux|en|I used to be a great chess player but I've lost my '''touch'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en| date=September 29, 2011| author=Jon Smith| title=Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers| work=BBC Sport| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15014632.stm| passage=Rovers' hopes of pulling off one of the great European shocks of all time lasted just 10 minutes before Spurs finally found their scoring '''touch'''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Act or power of exciting emotion.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Antony and Cleopatra|act=I|scene=ii|passage=Not alone / The death of Fulvia, with more urgent '''touches''', / Do strongly speak to us.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} An [[emotion]] or [[affection]].
#: {{syn|en|feeling|Thesaurus:emotion}}
#* {{RQ:Hooker Laws
|passage=a true, natural, and a sensible '''touch''' of mercy}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} Personal reference or application.
#* {{RQ:Bacon Essayes|chapter=Of Discourse|passage=Speech of '''touch''' toward others should be sparingly used.}}
# A single [[stroke]] on a [[drawing]] or a [[picture]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1695|author=w:John Dryden|title=The Art of Painting
|passage=Never give the least '''touch''' with your pencil till you have well examined your design.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[brief]] [[essay]].
#: {{syn|en|essayette|essaylet|miniessay}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1713|publisher=w:Jonathan Swift|title=[[s:The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift/Volume 4/A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction|A Preface to Bishop Burnet's Introduction]]
|passage=Print my preface in such form as, in the booksellers' phrase, will make a sixpenny '''touch'''.}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[touchstone]]; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Richard 3|act=IV|scene=ii|passage=Now do I play the '''touch'''.}}
#* {{RQ:Fuller Church History
|passage=a neat new monument of '''touch''' and alabaster}}
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} [[examination|Examination]] or [[trial]] by some decisive standard; [[test]]; [[proof]]; tried quality.
#* {{RQ:Carew Survey of Cornwall
|passage=equity, the true '''touch''' of all laws}}
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Coriolanus|act=IV|scene=i|passage=friends of noble '''touch'''}}
# {{lb|en|shipbuilding}} The broadest part of a [[plank]] worked [[top and but]], or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the [[stern]] [[timber]]s at the [[counter]]s.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1711|author=William Sutherland|title=The Ship-Builder's Assistant|passage=Set off the exact Length forward and aftward from the Observation of the rising of the Keel, by Shipwrights called the '''Touch''', or Place where the Keel's upper Part ends to be streight.}}
# The children's game of [[tag]].
#: {{syn|en|it|Thesaurus:tag}}
# {{lb|en|bell-ringing}} A set of [[changes]] less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
# {{lb|en|slang}} An act of [[borrowing]] or [[stealing]] something; a request for [[money]].
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1821|title=Life of David Haggart|author=w:David Haggart|edition=2nd|location=Edinburgh|publisher=James Ballantyne & Co|page=105|pageurl=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Life_of_David_Haggart/VFwUAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA105&printsec=frontcover|passage=But towards evening I got a '''touch''' at a cove's suck, and eased him of twenty-two quids and a lil, which I took in the usual manner, when he was entering the inn door.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2017|title=Nothin's On The Square: 82 Days on the Mayoral Campaign|author=Mike Houlihan|passage=Supposedly Pickle has a line on a group of wealthy donors who were about to make a big drop on Chuy's campaign, now that he is in the runoff. I ask Pickle about the timing of this donation because Crawford and I are about to put the '''touch''' on the campaign for another five grand.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2023|title=A Single Breath of Air|author=Jo Draxler|passage=Brody would have to pay her, so if all else failed she would have some control.  She would have sex on ''her'' terms, not his.  She would give him the relief he craved, and also relieve him of 500 quid while she was at it. A sweet little '''touch''' to keep her ahead of the game.}}
# {{lb|en|slang}} The extent to which a person is interested or affected; the amount of [[outlay]] on something.
#: {{syn|en|consideration|expenditure|payment}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1804|author=William Henry Ireland|title=The Woman of Feeling|volume=2|page=232
|passage=Such was Tim Whiffle on the Sunday, with the addition of a cane to indicate riding, it is true he had long had a ''penchant'' to a pair of spurs but did not as yet sport them, although a half crown '''touch''' at some livery stables was positively decided upon in his own mind, though hitherto the dread of a fall from a horse had prevented the execution of his magnanimous plan.}}
# {{lb|en|UK|plumbing|dated}} [[tallow|Tallow]].
# [[form|Form]]; standard of performance.
#* '''2019''' [https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-30/in-the-mix-whos-pushing-for-selection-for-round-seven In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven?] ''Australian Football League'', 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
#*: Jackson Hately, Isaac Cumming and Nick Shipley have been in great '''touch''' in the NEAFL.
# {{lb|en|Australian rules football}} A disposal of the ball during a game, i.e. a [[kick]] or a [[handball]].
#* '''2019''' [https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-04-30/in-the-mix-whos-pushing-for-selection-for-round-seven In the mix: Who's pushing for selection for round seven?] ''Australian Football League'', 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019.
#*: With just six '''touches''', small forward Daniel Rioli was uncharacteristically quiet against Melbourne, although he did lay five tackles.
# {{lb|en|chiefly|Australia}} [[touch football]] (a variant of rugby league that does not involve tackling)

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|Dutch touch|touch assist
|common touch
|golden touch
|in touch
|light touch
|lose one's touch
|lose touch
|Midas touch
|out of touch|a touch
|soft touch|touch footy|touch home
|[[touchscreen]], [[touch screen]]
|touch football
|[[touch-free]], [[touchfree]]
|touch-kick|get in touch
|touchless
|touch oneself
|touch-paper
|touch piece
|touch-type
|finishing touch|first touch|Fonzie touch|high touch|high-touch|human touch|kick into touch|kick to touch|light the touch-paper|magic touch|multi-touch|near touch|one-touch|reverse Midas touch|royal touch|therapeutic touch|to the touch|toe touch|touch hole|touch judge|touchline|touch map|touch move|touch of the tar brush|touch of the tarbrush|touch pad|touch panel|touch pen|touchphone|touch pool|touch tank|touch tour|touch typing|touch-dry|touch-first|touch-in-goal|touchmark|touch-needle|touch-tone|touch-typist|touch-up|two-hand touch|touch of the 'tism
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|act of touching}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|prekje|f}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لَمْسَة|f}}
* Armenian: {{t-needed|hy}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|toxunuş}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|до́тык|m}}, {{t|be|датыка́нне|n}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|доко́сване|n}}, {{t+|bg|прикоснове́ние|n}}, {{t+|bg|до́пир|m}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|dotyk|m}}, {{t+|cs|dotek|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|berøring|c}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|tuŝo}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|puudutus}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kosketus}}
* French: {{t+|fr|toucher|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეხება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Berührung|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|επαφή|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἐπαφή|f}}, {{t|grc|ψαῦσμα|n}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|érintés}}, {{t+|hu|tapintás}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|penyentuhan}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tocco|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|接触|tr=せっしょく, sesshoku}}, {{t+|ja|タッチ|tr=tacchi}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ផស្ស}}, {{t+|km|ផោដ្ឋព្វៈ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|접촉(接觸)}}, {{t|ko|터치}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|contactus|m}}, {{t|la|contāgēs|f}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|допир|m}}, {{t|mk|пипање|n}}
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|സ്പർശനം}}, {{t+|ml|തൊടൽ}}
* Mongolian: {{t-needed|mn}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|berøring|m|f}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|berøring|f}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hrine|m}} {{t|ang|hrīning|f}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dotyk|m}}, {{t+|pl|dotknięcie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tocar}}, {{t+|pt|toque|m}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|atingere|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|прикоснове́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|каса́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|до̏дӣр|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|dȍdīr|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|dotyk|m}}, {{t|sk|dotknutie|n|alt=dotknutie sa}}, {{t|sk|dotýkanie|n|alt=dotýkanie sa}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|dotik|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|toque}}, {{t|es|palpación|f}}, {{t|es|palpamiento|m}}, {{t|es|palpadura|f}}, {{t|es|tocamiento|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|beröring|c}}
* Thai: {{t-needed|th}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dokunuş}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|до́тик|m}}, {{t|uk|доторка́ння|n}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|[[cú]] [[chạm]]}}
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{{trans-top|sense of perception by physical contact}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|لَمْس|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|շոշափելիք}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|ukimen}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|до́тык|m}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|осеза́ние|n}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|ဖေါဋ္ဌဗ္ဗာရုံ}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|tacte|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|觸覺|tr=chùjué}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|hmat|m}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|tuŝosenso}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tuntoaisti}}, {{t|fi|käsikopelo}} {{qualifier|informal}}
* French: {{t+|fr|toucher|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეხება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Berührung|f}}, {{t+|de|Tasten|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|αφή|f}}
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|ἁφή|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tapintás}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tatto|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|触覚|tr=しょっかく, shokkaku}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|촉각(觸覺)}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|tāctus|m}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|tauste|f}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|følelse|m}}
* Old English: {{t|ang|hrine|m}}, {{t|ang|hrīning|f}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|لامسه|tr=lâmese}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|dotyk|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|toque|m}}, {{t+|pt|tato}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|осяза́ние|n}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|о̀пип|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|òpip|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|hmat|m}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|tip|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|toque|m}}, {{t+|es|tacto|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|känsel|c}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|ломиса}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|dokunma duyusu}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|до́тик|m}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|xúc giác}}
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{{trans-top|style or technique}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|touché|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kosketus}}, {{t+|fi|tyyli}}, {{qualifier|informal}} {{t+|fi|tatsi}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|technika}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|タッチ|tr=tatchi}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|podejście|n}}, {{t+|pl|styl|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|toque|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|стиль|m}}, {{t+|ru|мане́ра|f}}, {{t+|ru|штрих|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|toque|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|känsla|c}}
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{{trans-top|distinguishing feature}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|отте́нък|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|detail|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ominaispiirre}}, {{t+|fi|piirre}}
* German: {{t+|de|Touch|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|jellegzetesség}}
* Japanese: {{t-needed|ja}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|szczegół|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|toque|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|штрих|m}}, {{t+|ru|отте́нок|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|toque|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|detalj|c}}, {{t|sv|känsla för detaljer|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|small amount}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|следа́|f}}, {{t|bg|[[малък|ма́лко]] [[коли́чество]]|n}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|一點兒|tr=yīdiǎnr}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tikje}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|hiven}}, {{t+|fi|hitunen}}, {{t+|fi|aavistus}}
* German: {{t+|de|Spur|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kevés}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|anstrøk|n}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|odrobina|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|след|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|pizca|f}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|aning|c}}, {{t+|sv|smula|c}}, {{t|sv|liten bit|c}}
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{{trans-top|part of a sportsfield}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|aut|m}}, {{t|cs|zámezí|n}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kenttä|kentän]] [[ulkopuoli]]}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|[[partvonal]][[-on|on]] [[túl]][[-i|i]] [[terület]]}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|aut|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|close communication}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|общу́ване|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|yhteys}}, {{t+|fi|kontakti}}
* French: {{t+|fr|contact|m}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|kontakt}}, {{t+|hu|kapcsolat}}
* Norwegian: {{t+|no|kontakt|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|kontakt|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|contato|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|обще́ние|n}}, {{t+|ru|конта́кт|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kontakt|c}}
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{{trans-top|ability to perform a task}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|ote}}, {{t+|fi|tuntuma}}, {{t+|fi|tatsi}} {{qualifier|informal, anglicism}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|képesség}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{checktrans-top}}
* Dutch: {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|nl|aanraking|f}}, {{qualifier|1,2}} {{t+check|nl|contact|n}}
* Esperanto: {{qualifier|1}} {{t-check|eo|tuŝo}}, {{qualifier|2}} {{t-check|eo|kontakto}}
* Indonesian: {{t+check|id|sentuh|alt=sentuhan}} {{attention|id|2=was "[[sentuh|sentuhan]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]]}}, {{t+check|id|raba|alt=rabaan}} {{attention|id|2=was "[[raba|rabaan]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]]}}, {{t+check|id|singgung|alt=persinggungan}} {{attention|id|2=was "[[singgung|persinggungan]]" - assumed inflected form or vocalised spelling; please verify if linking is acceptable. see [[User:Kephir/gadgets/xte#Translation_fixing]]}}
* Italian: {{qualifier|1,3}} {{t+check|it|tatto|m}}, {{qualifier|2}} {{t+check|it|contatto|m}}
* Mandarin: {{t+check|cmn|触|tr=chù|sc=Hani}}
* Spanish: {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|es|toque|m}}, {{qualifier|1}} {{t+check|es|tacto|m}}, {{qualifier|2}} {{t+check|es|contacto|m}}
* Ukrainian: {{t-check|uk|до́тик|m|sc=Cyrl}} (1), {{t-check|uk|до́торк|m|sc=Cyrl}} (1), {{t-check|uk|конта́кт|m|sc=Cyrl}} (2), {{t-check|uk|чуття́ до́тику|n|sc=Cyrl}} (3)
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===References===
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===Further reading===
* {{R:OneLook}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=chotu|chout|couth}}

{{C|en|Touch}}

==Italian==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|it|en|touch screen|touch (screen)}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{it-pr|ta[tʃ]*}}

===Adjective===
{{it-adj|inv=1}}

# {{lb|it|technology}} being [[touch screen]] {{q|of a screen}}

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|pt|en|touch screen|touch (screen)}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|br=tɐtchi^^}}

===Adjective===
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# {{lb|pt|technology}} being [[touch screen]] {{q|of a screen}}

==Spanish==

===Adjective===
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# {{l|en|touch}}; [[touch-screen]]