incident
English
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Etymology
[edit]Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, 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)
- (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
- Synonyms: proceeding; see also Thesaurus:occurrence
- She could not recall the time of the incident.
- It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
- The suspect was released without further incident.
- A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
- An event that causes or may cause an interruption or a crisis, such as a workplace illness or a software error.
Derived terms
[edit]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.
- 1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author—All of the above and more”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 9:
- It is at this juncture that Toder launches into the familiar and troubling topic of monogamy versus non-monogamy. She outwardly expresses no preference for either option, considering each to hold certain consequences incident to it.
- (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.
- The incident light illuminated the surface.
- Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
- 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
- As the ordinary course of common affairs is disposed of by general laws, so likewise men's rarer incident necessities and utilities should be with special equity considered.
- Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 43:
- All chances incident to mans frail life.
- 17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana
- the studies incident to his profession
- 1816, Richard Lawrence, The complete farrier, and British sportsman, page 245:
- The Vives, like the strangles, is most incident to young horses, and usually proceeds from the same causes, such as catching cold, being over-heated, or over-worked, about the time of shedding their teeth.
- (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
- (mathematics) In a relation of incidence
- 2005, Reinhard Diestel, Graph Theory - Electronic Edition, 3rd edition, page 12:
- The second inequality follows from the fact that all the edges incident with a fixed vertex separate [an arbitrary graph] G.
- 1968, Peter Dembowski, Finite Geometries, page 315:
- If there is only one ideal point U and only one ideal line u, then either (i) every point in u is incident with a line in U, or else (ii) no point in u is incident with any line of U.
Translations
[edit]arising as the result of an event
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physics: falling on a surface
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happening accidentally; casual
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liable to happen; naturally happening or appertaining
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legal: dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing
Catalan
[edit]Noun
[edit]incident m (plural incidents)
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French incident, from Old French incident, from Latin incidēns.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]incident n (plural incidenten)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin incidens.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]incident m (plural incidents)
Adjective
[edit]incident (feminine incidente, masculine plural incidents, feminine plural incidentes)
Further reading
[edit]- “incident”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Form of the verb incidō (“I fall upon”).
Verb
[edit]incident
Etymology 2
[edit]Form of the verb incīdō (“I cut or hew open”).
Verb
[edit]incīdent
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French incident.
Adjective
[edit]incident m or n (feminine singular incidentă, masculine plural incidenți, feminine and neuter plural incidente)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | incident | incidentă | incidenți | incidente | |||
| definite | incidentul | incidenta | incidenții | incidentele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | incident | incidente | incidenți | incidente | |||
| definite | incidentului | incidentei | incidenților | incidentelor | ||||
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]incìdent m (Cyrillic spelling инцѝдент)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | incìdent | incidenti |
| genitive | incidenta | incìdenātā |
| dative | incidentu | incidentima |
| accusative | incident | incidente |
| vocative | incidente | incidenti |
| locative | incidentu | incidentima |
| instrumental | incidentom | incidentima |
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]incident c
- an incident (unexpected, disruptive event)
Declension
[edit]| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | incident | incidents |
| definite | incidenten | incidentens | |
| plural | indefinite | incidenter | incidenters |
| definite | incidenterna | incidenternas |
See also
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