FromMiddle English, borrowed fromOld French, fromLatinincursiō.
incursion (pluralincursions)
- Amilitary action consisting ofarmed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of destruction, plunder, or bodily harm rather than an intent to conquer territory or alter the establishedgovernment;[1] contrastinvasion in its narrow sense.
- Anaggressive movement into somewhere; aninvasion in the general sense.
1947 January and February, H. A. Vallance, “The Sea Wall at Dawlish”, inRailway Magazine, page18:Fascinating though the journey is to the traveller, for many years this section of the line was a source of considerable anxiety to the maintenance engineers, and on more than one occasion landslips andincursions of the sea resulted in the railway being closed for several days.
- (Australia) Afunction hosted within aneducational institution, especially by or forstudents, forrecreation,research,education or adisplay ofworks.
aggressive movement
- Arabic:توغل
- Armenian:ասպատակություն (hy)(aspatakutʻyun),արշավանք (hy)(aršavankʻ),ներխուժում (hy)(nerxužum),հարձակում (hy)(harjakum)
- Bulgarian:нашествие (bg) n(našestvie),нахлуване (bg) n(nahluvane),набег (bg) m(nabeg)
- Czech:vpád m,vtrhnutí n
- Danish:indtrængen
- Finnish:tunkeutuminen (fi)
- French:incursion (fr) f,invasion (fr) f
- German:Einfall (de) m,Eindringen (de) n
- Greek:
- Ancient Greek:εἰσβολή f(eisbolḗ)
- Hindi:घुसपैठ (hi) f(ghuspaiṭh)
- Irish:ruathar m
- Korean:침입 (ko)(chimip)
- Latin:incursiō f
- Macedonian:у́пад m(úpad)
- Russian:вторже́ние (ru) n(vtoržénije),наше́ствие (ru) n(našéstvije),набе́г (ru) m(nabég)
- Spanish:incursión (es) f
- Ukrainian:вто́ргнення n(vtórhnennja),набіг m(nabih),наліт m(nalit),напад m(napad)
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- ^J.A.V. v. Trump, No. 1:25-CV-072, slip op. at 31 (S.D. Tex. May 1, 2025) (Rodriguez, J.),[1] (PDF).
Inherited fromOld French, fromLatinincursiōnem.
incursion f (pluralincursions)
- incursion
- foray
- excursion
