incident

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. 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.

Adj

1. Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
2. 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.
4. Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
5. Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.

Conceptos

incidente

suceso

acontecimiento

episodio

incidencia

lance

hecho

andanza

incidente de contaminación

asunto

historia

acaecimiento

azar

vez

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/

Etimología (Inglés)

Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).