reconnoiter

English

WOTD – 19 September 2006

Alternative forms

• (British, Canadian) reconnoitre

Etymology

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/, [ˌɹʷɛkəˈnɔɪ̯tʰə]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/, [ˌɹˠɛkəˈnɔɪ̯ɾɚ]

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Verb

reconnoiter (third-person singular simple present reconnoiters, present participle reconnoitering, simple past and past participle reconnoitered)

1. (American spelling, transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information.

   Our scout will reconnoiter the path ahead of our troops.

Synonyms

• scout, survey

Translations

perform a reconnaissance — see also scout

• Bulgarian: разузнавам (bg) (razuznavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 偵察／侦察 (zh) (zhēnchá)

• Finnish: tiedustella (fi)
• French: reconnaître (fr)
• German: erkunden (de), auskundschaften (de), aufklären (de)
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biniuhsjan)
• Hungarian: felderít (hu)
• Irish: taiscéalaíocht a dhéanamh
• Japanese: 偵察する (ていさつする, teisatsu suru)
• Korean: 정찰(偵察)하다 (jeongchal-hada)
• Latin: speculor
• Maori: hūhunu, hunuhunu, ārohi, torotoro, torohē
• Polish: przeprowadzać rekonesans impf, badać teren impf
• Russian: разве́дывать (ru) impf (razvédyvatʹ), разве́дать (ru) pf (razvédatʹ), рекогносци́ровать (ru) (rekognoscírovatʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: izviđati
• Ukrainian: розві́дувати impf (rozvíduvaty), розві́дати pf (rozvídaty), рекогносцирува́ти impf or pf (rekohnoscyruváty)
• Welsh: rhagchwilio

Noun

reconnoiter (plural reconnoiters)

1. (American spelling) An act or instance of reconnoitering.

   The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoiter.

Related terms

• recon
• recce
• reconnaissance

Translations

instance of reconnoitering

• Belarusian: разве́дка (be) f (razvjédka), рэкагнасцыро́ўка f (rekahnascyróŭka)
• Bulgarian: разузна́ване n (razuznávane)
• German: Erkundung (de) f, Auskundschaftung f, Aufklärung (de) f, Auskundschaften n, Aufklären n, Erkunden n
• Irish: taiscéalaíocht f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rekognosering m or f

• Russian: разве́дка (ru) f (razvédka), рекогносциро́вка (ru) f (rekognosciróvka)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ѝзвидница f

  Roman: ìzvidnica (sh) f

• Ukrainian: ро́звідка f (rózvidka), розві́дка f (rozvídka), рекогносциро́вка f (rekohnoscyróvka)

Anagrams

• reconnoitre, reconnoître