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incident
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incid? (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cid?, the combining form of cad? (“to fall”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.s?.d?nt/
Noun
incident (plural incidents)
- (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
- 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
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
incident (not comparable)
- Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
- (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a 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, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- 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.
- 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie
- Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
- 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.
- 17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana
- (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
Translations
Catalan
Noun
incident m (plural incidents)
- incident
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French incident, from Old French incident, from Latin incid?ns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??n.si?d?nt/
- Hyphenation: in?ci?dent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Noun
incident n (plural incidenten)
- An incident.
- Synonym: voorval
Derived terms
- grensincident
- incidenteel
- schietincident
- steekincident
Descendants
- Afrikaans: insident
- ? Indonesian: insiden
- ? West Frisian: ynsidint
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.si.d??/
Adjective
incident (feminine singular incidente, masculine plural incidents, feminine plural incidentes)
- incidental
- (physics) incident
Noun
incident m (plural incidents)
- incident
Latin
Etymology 1
Form of the verb incid? (“I fall upon”).
Verb
incident
- third-person plural future active indicative of incid?
Etymology 2
Form of the verb inc?d? (“I cut or hew open”).
Verb
inc?dent
- third-person plural future active indicative of inc?d?
Romanian
Etymology
From French incident
Adjective
incident m or n (feminine singular incident?, masculine plural inciden?i, feminine and neuter plural incidente)
- incidental
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /int?s?dent/
- Hyphenation: in?ci?dent
Noun
incìdent m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- incident
Declension
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condition
English
Etymology
From Middle English condicioun, from Old French condicion (French condition), from Latin condicio. Unetymological change in spelling due to confusion with conditio.
Pronunciation
- enPR: k?nd?sh??n, IPA(key): /k?n?d???n/
- Rhymes: -???n
Noun
condition (countable and uncountable, plural conditions)
- A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
- A requirement or requisite.
- (law) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
- The health status of a medical patient.
- Synonym: fettle
- A certain abnormal state of health; a malady or sickness.
- The state or quality.
- A particular state of being.
- (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- conditional
- precondition
Related terms
- condition subsequent
- in condition
- statement of condition
Translations
Verb
condition (third-person singular simple present conditions, present participle conditioning, simple past and past participle conditioned)
- To subject to the process of acclimation.
- To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
- To make dependent on a condition to be fulfilled; to make conditional on.
- (transitive) To place conditions or limitations upon.
- To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
- (transitive) To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
- (transitive) To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
- (transitive) To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
- (Can we find and add a quotation of McElrath to this entry?)
- (US, colleges, transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
- To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.
Derived terms
- air-condition
- conditioner
- precondition
- recondition
Translations
French
Etymology
From Middle French condition, from Old French condicion, Borrowed from Latin condici?, condici?nis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.di.sj??/
Noun
condition f (plural conditions)
- term, condition
- condition, state
- en bonne condition - In good condition
- social status, walk of life
- Le couple se contentait de soirées entre amis de conditions diverses. — The couple was content with partying with friends from all walks of life.
Derived terms
- à condition que
- à condition de
- condition suffisante
- conditionnel
- conditions de vie
Further reading
- “condition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French condicion, from Latin condicio
Noun
condition f (plural conditions)
- condition (state, quality)
Descendants
- French: condition
condition From the web:
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