incident
French, noun/ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃/
incident is spelled I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T (8 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incident is a French masculine noun meaning “incident” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Événement inattendu pouvant avoir des conséquences mineures à importantes”.
What does incident mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineincident
adjective
- 1
incidental
- 2
incident
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui survient accessoirement dans une affaire. 2. Élément ayant une valeur accessoire. 3. Qualifie les rayons lumineux qui se rencontrent avec les surfaces des corps. 4. Qualifie une arête associée à un sommet particulier.
noun: 1. Événement inattendu pouvant avoir des conséquences mineures à importantes. 2. Demande dont le traitement suspend l’instruction, et qui doit être traitée avant de reprendre.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of incident
- incidents plural
- incidente feminine
- incidentes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incident?
- /ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃/
- \ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃\
- [ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incident
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incident in French?
incident appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).