different between occident vs incident

English

Etymology

From Middle English occident, from Old French occident, from Latin occidentem (“western sky, part of the sky in which the sun sets”), from occido (“go down, set”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??ks?d?nt/

Noun

occident

1. The part of the horizon where the sun last appears in the evening; that part of the earth towards the sunset; the west.
2. The Western world; the part of the world excluding Asia

Antonyms

• orient

Derived terms

• occidental

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• incocted

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ok.si?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /uk.si?den/

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west

Synonyms

• ponent, oest

Antonyms

• orient

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin occid?ns, occid?ntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k.si.d??/

Noun

occident m (plural occidents)

1. west (compass point)
2. Alternative letter-case form of Occident

Synonyms

• ponant, ouest

Antonyms

• orient

Derived terms

• occidental

Further reading

• “occident” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb occid?.

Verb

occident

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occid?

Etymology 2

Form of the verb occ?d?.

Verb

occ?dent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of occ?d?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident m (nominative singular occidenz or occidentz)

1. the west

Antonyms

• oriant

Related terms

• occidental, occidentel

Descendants

• ? Middle English: occident
  • English: occident, Occident
• French: occident

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French occident, Latin occidens, occidentem.

Noun

occident n (uncountable)

1. west, Occident

Synonyms

• vest (standard), apus (somewhat uncommon today)

Related terms

• occidental

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)

1. (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.

2. A (relatively minor) event that is incidental to, or related to others.
3. 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)

1. Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
2. (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

Translations

Catalan

Noun

incident m (plural incidents)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. incidental
2. (physics) incident

Noun

incident m (plural incidents)

1. incident

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb incid? (“I fall upon”).

Verb

incident

1. third-person plural future active indicative of incid?

Etymology 2

Form of the verb inc?d? (“I cut or hew open”).

Verb

inc?dent

1. 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)

1. incidental

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /int?s?dent/
• Hyphenation: in?ci?dent

Noun

incìdent m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. incident

Declension