incident
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
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 [edit]
Noun [edit]
incident (plural incidents)
- An event or occurrence.
- A relatively minor event that is incidental to, or related to others
- An event that may cause or causes an interruption or a crisis
- In safety, an incident of workplace illness or injury
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Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
event or occurrence
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minor event incidental to others
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event causing interruption or crisis
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Adjective [edit]
incident (not comparable)
- Arising as the result of an event, inherent
- (physics) (of a stream of particles or radiation) falling on or striking a surface (e.g. "The incident light illuminated the surface.")
Translations [edit]
arising as the result of an event
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physics: falling on a surface
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Latin [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Form of the verb incidō (“[I] fall upon”).
Verb [edit]
incident
- third-person plural future active indicative of incidō
- "they will fall upon"
Etymology 2 [edit]
Form of the verb incīdō (“[I] cut up; dissect; carve”).
Verb [edit]
incīdent
- third-person plural future active indicative of incīdō
- "they will cut up, they will hew open; they will dissect"
- "they will make by cutting"
- "they will carve, they will engrave"
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /intsǐdent/
- Hyphenation: in‧ci‧dent
Noun [edit]
incìdent m (Cyrillic spelling инцѝдент)
Declension [edit]
declension of incident
| singular | plural | |
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| nominative | incìdent | incidenti |
| genitive | incidenta | incìdenātā |
| dative | incidentu | incidentima |
| accusative | incident | incidente |
| vocative | incidente | incidenti |
| locative | incidentu | incidentima |
| instrumental | incidentom | incidentima |