incident

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Recorded since 1412, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪnʈ.sɪ.dənt/, SAMPA: /"Int.sI.d@nt/

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Noun

incident (plural incidents)

1. An event or occurrence.
2. A relatively minor event that is incidental to, or related to others
3. An event that may cause or causes an interruption or a crisis
4. In safety, an incident of workplace illness or injury

Derived terms

• incidental
• aviation incident
• coincident
• incident room

Related terms

• accident
• incidence
• occident

Translations

event or occurrence

Arabic: حادث (ar) (Haadith) m., حادثة (ar) (Haaditha) f., واقعة (ar) (waaqi3a) f. Armenian: դեպք (hy) (depk’), պատահար (hy) (patahar), դիպված (hy) (dipvaç) Chinese: Mandarin: 事件 (cmn) (shìjiàn) Danish: begivenhed (da) c. Dutch: incident n., voorval n., episode, gebeuren n., gebeurtenis Finnish: tapaus (fi), tapahtuma (fi) French: incident (fr) m. German: Vorfall (de) m., Begebenheit (de) f., Ereignis (de) n., Geschehnis (de) n.

Japanese: 事故 (ja) (じこ, jiko) Korean: 사건 (ko) (sageon) (事件 (ko)) Polish: wydarzenie (pl) n. Portuguese: incidente (pt) Romanian: incident (ro) n., caz (ro) n. Russian: происшествие (ru) (proisšéstvije) n., случай (ru) (slúčaj) m. Scottish Gaelic: tuiteamas (gd) m. Spanish: incidente (es) m. Swedish: händelse (sv), incident, tilldragelse (sv)

minor event incidental to others

Dutch: incident n., voorval n., episode, gebeuren n., gebeurtenis Finnish: tapaus (fi) German: Vorfall (de) m., Begebenheit (de) m., Ereignis (de) n., Geschehnis (de) n.

Polish: incydent (pl) m. Romanian: episod (ro) n., mic incident (ro), minor incident (ro) n. Scottish Gaelic: tuiteamas (gd) m.

event causing interruption or crisis

Dutch: incident n., voorval n. Finnish: välikohtaus (fi), selkkaus (fi) German: Vorfall (de) m., Störfall (de) m. (technical), Ereignis (de) n. Polish: incydent (pl) m.

Romanian: incident (ro) n., deranjament (ro) n. Russian: инцидент (ru) (incidént) m. Serbo-Croatian: incident (sh) Swedish: olyckshändelse (sv), tillbud (sv)

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French: incident m., fait-divers m., accident m. Estonian: vahejuhtum Icelandic: Atburður Telugu: సంఘటన, జరిగిన సంగతి, కథ

Adjective

incident (not comparable)

1. Arising as the result of an event, inherent
2. (physics) (of a stream of particles or radiation) falling on or striking a surface (e.g. "The incident light illuminated the surface.")

Translations

arising as the result of an event

Dutch: inherent (nl) Finnish: johtuva Greek: συναφής (el) (synafís)

Polish: wynikający (pl) m., towarzyszący (pl) m. Romanian: incidental (ro) m. and n.

physics: falling on a surface

Dutch: inslaand (nl) Finnish: lankeava German: einfallend (de) Greek: προσπίπτουσα (el) f. sg. (ακτίνα), προσπίπτων (el) m. sg.

Polish: padający (pl) m. Romanian: incident (ro) m. and n., incidente (ro) f. and n. pl. Russian: падающий (ru)

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Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb incidō (“[I] fall upon”).

Verb

incident

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incidō  "they will fall upon"

Etymology 2

Form of the verb incīdō (“[I] cut up; dissect; carve”).

Verb

incīdent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incīdō
   1. "they will cut up, they will hew open; they will dissect"
   2. "they will make by cutting"
   3. "they will carve, they will engrave"

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /intsǐdent/
• Hyphenation: in‧ci‧dent

Noun

incìdent m. (Cyrillic spelling инцѝдент)

1. incident

Declension

    declension of incident

	singular	plural
nominative	incìdent	incidenti
genitive	incidenta	incìdenātā
dative	incidentu	incidentima
accusative	incident	incidente
vocative	incidente	incidenti
locative	incidentu	incidentima
instrumental	incidentom	incidentima