incident

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

incident

événement

évènement

accident

affaire

pollution

aventure

épidémie

histoire

deux heures avant que cela eût lieu

déroulement

happening

occasion

épisode

hasard

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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”).