"reconnoiter" meaning in English

See reconnoiter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˌɹʷɛkəˈnɔɪ̯tʰə] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/ [US], [ˌɹˠɛkəˈnɔɪ̯ɾɚ] [US] Audio: en-us-reconnoiter.ogg Forms: reconnoiters [plural]
Etymology: From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|reconnoître}} French reconnoître, {{der|en|la|recognoscere||to recognize}} Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} reconnoiter (plural reconnoiters)
  1. (American spelling) An act or instance of reconnoitering. Tags: US Related terms: recon, recce, reconnaissance Translations (instance of reconnoitering): разве́дка (razvjédka) [feminine] (Belarusian), рэкагнасцыро́ўка (rekahnascyróŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), разузна́ване (razuznávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), Erkundung [feminine] (German), Auskundschaftung [feminine] (German), Aufklärung [feminine] (German), Auskundschaften [neuter] (German), Aufklären [neuter] (German), Erkunden [neuter] (German), taiscéalaíocht [feminine] (Irish), rekognosering [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), разве́дка (razvédka) [feminine] (Russian), рекогносциро́вка (rekognosciróvka) [feminine] (Russian), ѝзвидница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ìzvidnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ро́звідка (rózvidka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), розві́дка (rozvídka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), рекогносциро́вка (rekohnoscyróvka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: reconnoitre [British, Canadian]

Verb

IPA: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ [Received-Pronunciation], [ˌɹʷɛkəˈnɔɪ̯tʰə] [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/ [US], [ˌɹˠɛkəˈnɔɪ̯ɾɚ] [US] Audio: en-us-reconnoiter.ogg Forms: reconnoiters [present, singular, third-person], reconnoitering [participle, present], reconnoitered [participle, past], reconnoitered [past]
Etymology: From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”). Contrarily, there is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre (now reconnoitre). Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|reconnoître}} French reconnoître, {{der|en|la|recognoscere||to recognize}} Latin recognoscere (“to recognize”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} reconnoiter (third-person singular simple present reconnoiters, present participle reconnoitering, simple past and past participle reconnoitered)
  1. (American spelling, transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of acquiring information. Tags: US, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: scout, survey Translations (perform a reconnaissance — see also scout): разузнавам (razuznavam) (Bulgarian), 偵察 (Chinese Mandarin), 侦察 (zhēnchá) (Chinese Mandarin), tiedustella (Finnish), reconnaître (French), erkunden (German), auskundschaften (German), aufklären (German), 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (biniuhsjan) (Gothic), felderít (Hungarian), taiscéalaíocht a dhéanamh (Irish), 偵察する (teisatsu suru) (alt: ていさつする) (Japanese), 정찰(偵察)하다 (jeongchal-hada) (Korean), speculor (Latin), hūhunu (Maori), hunuhunu (Maori), ārohi (Maori), torotoro (Maori), torohē (Maori), przeprowadzać rekonesans [imperfective] (Polish), badać teren [imperfective] (Polish), разве́дывать (razvédyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разве́дать (razvédatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), рекогносци́ровать (rekognoscírovatʹ) (Russian), izviđati (Serbo-Croatian), розві́дувати (rozvíduvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розві́дати (rozvídaty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), рекогносцирува́ти (rekohnoscyruváty) [imperfective, perfective] (Ukrainian), rhagchwilio (Welsh)
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Synonyms: reconnoitre [British, Canadian]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "perform a reconnaissance — see also scout",
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      "sense": "perform a reconnaissance — see also scout",
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