"incident" in seven languages
Meaningincident
Spanish
incidente
/inθiˈdente/
masc.learned
French
incident
/ɛ̃sidɑ̃/
masc.learned
Italian
incidente
/intʃiˈdɛnte/
masc.learned
Also the everyday word for an accident: un incidente stradale.
Portuguese
incidente
/ĩsiˈdẽtʃi/
masc.learned
Romanian
incident
/intʃiˈdent/
neut.learned
Catalan
incident
/insiˈden/
masc.learned
English
incident
/ˈɪnsədənt/
from Latin/French · French incident / Medieval Latin
English → ItalianincidentincidenteCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
INCIDENTEM‘falling upon, happening’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
An incident 'falls upon' you (IN + CADERE), like its cousin accident. In Italian, incidente is the normal word for a car crash.
English relatives: incidence, incidental, accident
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In a sentence
- esHubo un incidente en la estación.
- frIl y a eu un incident à la gare.
- itC'è stato un incidente alla stazione.
- ptHouve um incidente na estação.
- roA avut loc un incident la gară.
- caHi ha hagut un incident a l'estació.
- enThere was an incident at the station.
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