invasion
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French invasion, from Late Latin invāsiōnem, accusative of invāsiō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
invasion (countable and uncountable, plural invasions)
- A military action consisting of armed forces of one geopolitical entity entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of conquering territory or altering the established government.
- 2022 July 7, “Inspired by Ukraine, civilians study urban warfare in Taiwan”, in France 24[1], archived from the original on 07 July 2022[2]:
- Yeh actually works in marketing, and his weapon is a replica -- but he is spending the weekend attending an urban warfare workshop to prepare for what he sees as the very real threat of a Chinese invasion.
- The entry without consent of an individual or group into an area where they are not wanted.
- an invasion of mobile phones
- an invasion of bees
- an invasion of foreign tourists
- (medicine) The spread of cancer cells, bacteries and such to the organism.
- (surgery) The breaching of the skin barrier.
Derived terms edit
- angioinvasion
- bioinvasion
- British Invasion
- chemoinvasion
- coinvasion
- counterinvasion
- cyberinvasion
- cytoinvasion
- home invasion
- invasin
- invasional
- invasionary
- invasionist
- invasion money
- invasion of privacy
- invasion stripes
- lymphoinvasion
- microinvasion
- neuroinvasion
- pitch invasion
- postinvasion
- preinvasion
- pseudoinvasion
- reinvasion
- vasoinvasion
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Translations edit
military action
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French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin invāsiōnem, nominative of invāsiō.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
invasion f (plural invasions)
- invasion
- armée d’invasion ― invasion army
- troupes d’invasion ― invasion troops
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Further reading edit
- “invasion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Middle French edit
Noun edit
invasion f (plural invasions)
Occitan edit
Etymology edit
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Audio (file)
Noun edit
invasion f (plural invasions)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Late Latin invāsiō.
Noun edit
invasion c
Declension edit
Declension of invasion | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | invasion | invasionen | invasioner | invasionerna |
Genitive | invasions | invasionens | invasioners | invasionernas |