incursion
French, noun/ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃/
incursion is spelled I-N-C-U-R-S-I-O-N (9 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,887th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incursion is a French feminine noun meaning “incursion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Brusque irruption de gens de guerre sur un territoire ennemi”.
What does incursion mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineincursion
- 2
feminineforay
- 3
feminineexcursion
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brusque irruption de gens de guerre sur un territoire ennemi. 2. Course, voyage que l’on fait dans un pays par curiosité. 3. Intervention dans un domaine qui n'est pas le sien. 4. Occupation d'amateur, de dilettante.
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 incursion
- incursions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce incursion?
- /ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃/
- \ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to incursion
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is incursion in French?
incursion appears 1.5 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).