incursion

See also: incursión

English

Etymology

From Middle English, a borrowing from Old French, from Latin incursio, incursionem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)ʒən

Noun

incursion (plural incursions)

1. An aggressive movement into somewhere; an invasion.

Synonyms

• attack
• movement

Related terms

• incur
• incursive

Translations

aggressive movement

• Arabic: توغل‏‎
• Armenian: ասպատակություն (hy) (aspatakutʿyun), արշավանք (hy) (aršavankʿ), ներխուժում (hy) (nerxužum), հարձակում (hy) (harjakum)
• Finnish: tunkeutuminen (fi)
• French: incursion (fr) f, invasion (fr) f

• German: Einfall (de) m, Eindringen (de) n
• Korean: 침입 (chimip)
• Russian: вторже́ние (ru) n (vtoržénije), наше́ствие (ru) n (našéstvije), набе́г (ru) m (nabég)
• Ukrainian: вто́ргнення n (vtórhnennja)

Anagrams

• cornusiin

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin incursio, incursionem.

Noun

incursion f (plural incursions)

1. incursion
2. foray
3. excursion

Related terms

• encourir