invasion

See also Invasion

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, nominative of invāsiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪnˈveɪʒən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʒən

Noun

invasion (plural invasions)

1. A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
2. (figuratively) The entry of a large group into a new area.

   an invasion of mobile phones

   an invasion of bees

   an invasion of foreign tourists

Derived terms

• British Invasion
• invasion of privacy
• invasion stripes
• pitch invasion

Related terms

• intervasion
• invade
• invader

Translations

military action

• Arabic: غزو (ar) (ghazw) m, إغارة (ar) ('ighaara) f, انتهاك (ar) (intihaak) m
• Armenian: ներխուժում (hy) (nerxužum), արշավանք (hy) (aršavank’)
• Asturian: invasión (ast) f
• Catalan: invasió (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侵占 (cmn) (qīnzhàn), 佔領 (cmn), 占领 (cmn) (zhànlǐng), 侵略 (cmn) (qīnlüè), 入侵 (cmn) (rùqīn), 侵入 (cmn) (qīnrù)

• Czech: invaze (cs) f, vpád (cs) m
• Finnish: invaasio (fi), tunkeutuminen (fi)
• French: invasion (fr)
• Galician: invasión (gl) f
• German: Invasion (de) f, Überfall (de) m
• Greek: εισβολή (el) (isvolí)
• Hindi: आक्रमण (hi) (ākramaṇ)
• Hungarian: invázió (hu)
• Italian: invasione (it), calata (it) f

• Japanese: 侵略 (ja) (しんりゃく, shinryaku), 侵攻 (ja) (しんこう, shinkō)
• Korean: 침입 (ko) (chimip), 침공 (ko) (chimgong)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: داگیرکردن

• Latvian: Invāzija (lv)
• Luxembourgish: Amarsch (lb) m
• Norwegian: invasjon (no) m
• Old English: infaru (ang) f
• Persian: تهاجم (fa)
• Portuguese: invasão (pt) f
• Russian: вторжение (ru) (vtoržénije) n
• Slovene: invazija (sl) f
• Spanish: invasión (es) f
• Telugu: ఆక్రమణ (te) (ākramaṇa)
• Thai: การบุกรุก (th) (gaan-bù-grùk)
• Turkish: Saldırı (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự xâm lược (vi), sự xâm chiếm (vi)

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin invāsiōnem, nominative of invāsiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

invasion f (plural invasions)

1. invasion

See also

• envahir

Anagrams

• innovais, visionna

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Middle French

Noun

invasion f (plural invasions)

1. invasion