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reconnoitre en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • [ˌɹʷɛkəˈnɔɪ̯tʰə] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˌɹˠɛkəˈnɔɪ̯ɾɚ] (US)
  • /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form.

Meanings

  1. An act or instance of reconnoitring.
    • The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reconnaitre alternative, archaic lexicographic
reconnoiter US, alternative lexicographic
reconnaître alternative, rare lexicographic
reconnoître alternative, rare lexicographic
reconnoitres Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

recce · recon · reconnaissance

reconnoitre en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • [ˌɹʷɛkəˈnɔɪ̯tʰə] (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [ˌɹˠɛkəˈnɔɪ̯ɾɚ] (US)
  • /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/ (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.
    • Not a drop of rain fell; the clouds went portentously off, like ships of war after reconnoitering a strong fort, to return with added strength and fury. 1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 150:
    • "Damn!" said Tommy, and tried to sit up. He had remembered. He was in that sinister house in Soho. He uttered a groan and fell back. Through his almost-closed lids he reconnoitred carefully. 1922, Agatha Christie, “Chapter 16”, in The Secret Adversary:
    • Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.
  2. (obsolete) To recognise.
    • As to my person, it will not be so easy to reconnoitre it, for I question whether any of it will remain 1765, Horace Walpole, The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
reconnaître alternative, rare lexicographic
reconnoitres Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
reconnoitring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reconnoître alternative, rare lexicographic
reconnoitred Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
reconnoitred Tense=Past lexicographic
reconnaitre alternative, archaic lexicographic
reconnoiter US, alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

reconnoitringly

Synonyms

survey · scout