incursion

See also: incursión

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French, from Latin incursiō, incursiōnem.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ʒən

Noun

incursion (plural incursions)

An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

aggressive movement

Arabic: توغل‎
Armenian: ասպատակություն (hy) (aspatakutʿyun), արշավանք (hy) (aršavankʿ), ներխուժում (hy) (nerxužum), հարձակում (hy) (harjakum)
Bulgarian: нашествие (bg) n (našestvie), нахлуване (bg) n (nahluvane), набег (bg) m (nabeg)
Czech: vpád m, vtrhnutí n
Finnish: tunkeutuminen (fi)
French: incursion (fr) f, invasion (fr) f
German: Einfall (de) m, Eindringen (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: εἰσβολή f (eisbolḗ)
Korean: 침입 (ko) (chimip)
Latin: incursiō f
Macedonian: у́пад m (úpad)
Russian: вторже́ние (ru) n (vtoržénije), наше́ствие (ru) n (našéstvije), набе́г (ru) m (nabég)
Ukrainian: вто́ргнення n (vtórhnennja)

References

“incursion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

cornusiin

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin incursiō, incursiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

incursion f (plural incursions)

Related terms

encourir

Further reading

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

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