incidente

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃t/

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Adjective

incidente

1. feminine singular of incident

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.t͡ʃiˈdɛn.te/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: in‧ci‧dèn‧te

Adjective

incidente m or f by sense (plural incidenti)

1. incident

Noun

incidente m (plural incidenti)

1. incident
2. accident, crash

Participle

incidente m or f by sense (plural incidenti)

1. present participle of incidere

Related terms

• incidentalmente
• incidente aereo
• incidente di percorso
• incidente stradale
• incidenza
• incidere

Anagrams

• indecenti, indicente

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb incidō (“to fall upon”).

Participle

incidente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of incidēns

Etymology 2

Form of the verb incīdō (“to cut or hew open”).

Participle

incīdente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of incīdēns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siˈdẽ.t͡ʃi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siˈdẽ.tɨ/ [ĩ.siˈðẽ.tɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siˈdẽ.tɨ/ [ĩ.siˈðẽ.tɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siˈdẽ.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: in‧ci‧den‧te

Adjective

incidente m or f (plural incidentes)

1. incidental

Noun

incidente m (plural incidentes)

1. incident

Further reading

• “incidente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inθiˈdente/ [ĩn̟.θiˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /insiˈdente/ [ĩn.siˈð̞ẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: in‧ci‧den‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin incidentem, present participle of incidō (“to fall, to occur”).

Noun

incidente m (plural incidentes)

1. incident
2. dispute, quarrel
3. (law) ancillary proceeding

Etymology 2

Verb

incidente

1. inflection of incidentar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “incidente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025