# incident
## English
### Etymology

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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

incident (plural incidents)
* (countable, uncountable) An event or occurrence.
    Synonyms: proceeding; see also Thesaurus:occurrence
    She could not recall the time of the incident.
    It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
    The suspect was released without further incident.
* 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

* aviation incident
* coincident
* critical incident stress management
* incidental
* incident report
* incident room
* incident ticket system
* vaxident
* without incident

#### Translations

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### Adjective

incident (not comparable)
* Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
** 1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author—All of the above and more”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 9:It is at this juncture that Toder launches into the familiar and troubling topic of monogamy versus non-monogamy. She outwardly expresses no preference for either option, considering each to hold certain consequences incident to it.
* (physics, of a stream of particles or radiation) Falling on or striking a surface.
    The incident light illuminated the 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.
** 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, →OCLC, (please specify the page):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.
* Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
** 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 43:All chances incident to mans frail life.
** 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.
* (law) Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
* (mathematics) In a relation of incidence
** 2005, Reinhard Diestel, Graph Theory - Electronic Edition, 3rd edition, page 12:The second inequality follows from the fact that all the edges incident with a fixed vertex separate [an arbitrary graph] G.
** 1968, Peter Dembowski, Finite Geometries, page 315:If there is only one ideal point U and only one ideal line u, then either (i) every point in u is incident with a line in U, or else (ii) no point in u is incident with any line of U.

#### Translations
## Catalan
### Noun

incident m (plural incidents)
* incident

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French incident, from Old French incident, from Latin incidēns.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɪn.siˈdɛnt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: in‧ci‧dent
* Rhymes: -ɛnt

### Noun

incident n (plural incidenten)
* an incident
    Synonym: voorval

#### Derived terms

* grensincident
* incidenteel
* schietincident
* steekincident

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: insident
* → Indonesian: insiden
* → West Frisian: ynsidint

## French
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin incidens.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

incident m (plural incidents)
* incident

### Adjective

incident (feminine incidente, masculine plural incidents, feminine plural incidentes)
* incidental
* (physics) incident

### Further reading

* “incident”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

incident
* third-person plural future active indicative of incidō

### Etymology 2

Form of the verb incīdō (“I cut or hew open”).

#### Verb

incīdent
* third-person plural future active indicative of incīdō

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French incident.

### Adjective

incident m or n (feminine singular incidentă, masculine plural incidenți, feminine and neuter plural incidente)
* incidental

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /int͡sǐdent/
* Hyphenation: in‧ci‧dent

### Noun

incìdent m (Cyrillic spelling инцѝдент)
* incident

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

incident c
* an incident (unexpected, disruptive event)

#### See also

* tillbud

### References

* incident in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* incident in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)