different between reconnaisance vs reconnaissance

English

Noun

reconnaisance

1. Misspelling of reconnaissance.

English

Alternative forms

• recce (abbreviation)
• recon (abbreviation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???k?n?s?ns/

Noun

reconnaissance (countable and uncountable, plural reconnaissances)

1. The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
   • 1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama

     The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope.

Related terms

• reconnoiter, reconnoitre

Translations

Further reading

• reconnaissance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From reconnaiss- (present participle stem of reconnaître, cf. reconnaissant) + -ance. Compare also Medieval Latin recogn?scentia (“a recognizing, acknowledgement”), Italian riconoscenza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.k?.n?.s??s/
• Homophone: reconnaissances
• Hyphenation: re?co?nnai?ssance

Noun

reconnaissance f (plural reconnaissances)

1. reconnaissance
2. thankfulness
3. recognition

Synonyms

• (thankfulness): gratitude

Further reading

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