reconnaissance
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English
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Etymology
Borrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”). Doublet of recognizance.
Pronunciation
Noun
reconnaissance (countable and uncountable, plural reconnaissances)
- The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
- 1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama:
- 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.
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Translations
act of gathering information
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Further reading
reconnaissance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From reconnaiss- (present participle stem of reconnaître, cf. reconnaissant) + -ance. Compare also Medieval Latin recognōscentia (“a recognizing, acknowledgement”), Italian riconoscenza.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃s/ ~ /ʁə.kɔ.ne.sɑ̃s/
Audio (Paris): (file) - Homophone: reconnaissances
- Hyphenation: re‧co‧nnai‧ssance
Noun
reconnaissance f (plural reconnaissances)
- reconnaissance
- thankfulness
- Synonym: gratitude
- recognition
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Further reading
- “reconnaissance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.