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reconnaissance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɹəˈkɒnəsəns/ weak vowel merger
• (Canada) audio
• /ɹɪˈkɒnɪsəns/ weak vowel distinction
• /ɹiˈkɒnɪsəns/ weak vowel distinction

Etymology

Borrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”). Doublet of recognizance.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
   • The third member, Sergeant Pieter Rousseau, had been with the back-up teams at the Hub; he was an expert on space reconnaissance instrumentation, but on this trip he would have to depend on his own eyes and a small portable telescope. 1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama:

Forms

Deriveds

reccy · space reconnaissance · photoreconnaissance · reconnaissance in force · long-range reconnaissance patrol · recon · counterreconnaissance

Relateds

reconnoitre · reconnoiter

Translations (65)

sk prieskum (act of gathering information) · sh ìzvidnica (act of gathering information) · eo rekognosko (act of gathering information) · th การสำรวจ (act of gathering information) · nl verkenning (act of gathering information) · it ricognizione (act of gathering information) · ko 정찰 (act of gathering information) · pt reconhecimento (act of gathering information) · uk рекогносциро́вка (act of gathering information) · de Kundschaft (act of gathering information) · cmn 偵察 /侦察 (act of gathering information) · ka დაზვერვა (act of gathering information) · sv rekognosering (act of gathering information) · da rekognoscering (act of gathering information) · de Aufklärung (act of gathering information) · uz razvedka (act of gathering information) · be разве́дка (act of gathering information) · be рэкагнасцыро́ўка (act of gathering information) · sh ѝзвидница (act of gathering information) · sh izviđanje (act of gathering information) · el αναγνώριση (act of gathering information) · lv rekognoscēšana (act of gathering information) · lt žvalgymas (act of gathering information) · de Auskundschaften (act of gathering information) · th การลาดตระเวน (act of gathering information) · de Auskundschaftung (act of gathering information) · ro cercetare (act of gathering information) · hu információszerzés (act of gathering information) · uk розві́дка (act of gathering information) · fi tiedustelu (act of gathering information) · hu felderítés (act of gathering information) · es reconocimiento (act of gathering information) · cs průzkum (act of gathering information) · cmn 選點 /选点 (act of gathering information) · pl rekonesans (act of gathering information) · mi ārohitanga (act of gathering information) · az kəşfiyyat (act of gathering information) · pl zwiad (act of gathering information) · ckt ёпыԓӄэв (act of gathering information) · bg разузна́ване (act of gathering information) · ota كشف (act of gathering information) · tr keşif (act of gathering information) · nn rekognosering (act of gathering information) · id penyelidikan (act of gathering information) · sl izvidništvo (act of gathering information) · et luure (act of gathering information) · th การสอดแนม (act of gathering information) · nb rekognosering (act of gathering information) · ru рекогносциро́вка (act of gathering information) · es conocimiento (act of gathering information) · uk ро́звідка (act of gathering information) · sh извиђање (act of gathering information) · id pengintaian (act of gathering information) · mk извидување (act of gathering information) · ru разве́дка (act of gathering information) · uk рекогносцирува́ння (act of gathering information) · ro recunoaștere (act of gathering information) · fr reconnaissance (act of gathering information) · lt žvalgyba (act of gathering information) · he סִיּוּר (act of gathering information) · ja 偵察 (act of gathering information) · ar اِسْتِطْلَاع (act of gathering information) · hy հետախուզություն (act of gathering information) · bg рекогносциро́вка (act of gathering information) · es descubierta (act of gathering information)