invasion

See also: Invasion

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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 m (ḡazw), إغارة f (iḡāra), انتهاك m (intihāk)
• Armenian: ներխուժում (nerxužum), արշավանք (aršavankʿ)
• Asturian: invasión f
• Catalan: invasió f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: invaze (cs) f, vpád m
• Finnish: invaasio (fi), tunkeutuminen
• French: invasion (fr)
• Galician: invasión f
• Georgian: შემოსევა (šemoseva)
• German: Invasion (de) f, Überfall (de) m
• Greek: εισβολή (el) (eisvolí)
• Hindi: आक्रमण (ākramaṇ)
• Hungarian: invázió (hu)
• Italian: invasione, calata (it) f
• Japanese: 侵略 (ja) (しんりゃく, shinryaku), 侵攻 (しんこう, shinkō)
• Korean: 침입 (chimip), 침공 (chimgong)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: داگیرکردن

• Latvian: invāzija f
• Luxembourgish: Amarsch (lb) m
• Maori: whakaekenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: invasjon m

  Nynorsk: invasjon m

• Old English: infaru f
• Persian: تهاجم (fa) (tahâjom)
• Portuguese: invasão (pt) f
• Russian: вторже́ние (ru) n (vtoržénije)
• Slovene: invazija (sl) f
• Spanish: invasión (es) f
• Swedish: invasion (sv) c
• Telugu: ఆక్రమణ (te) (ākramaṇa)
• Thai: การบุกรุก (gaan-bù-grùk)
• Turkish: saldırı
• Ukrainian: вто́ргнення n (vtórhnennja)
• 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

External links

• "invasion" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle French

Noun

invasion f (plural invasions)

1. invasion

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Swedish

Noun

invasion c

1. invasion