encroachment

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• /ɪŋˈkɹoʊt͡ʃmənt/
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• /ɛŋˈkɹoʊt͡ʃmənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH0 N K R OW1 CH M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree English encroach Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English encroachment From encroach + -ment.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Dutch: aantasting — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Dutch: afslijting — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Dutch: overschrijding — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Finnish: tunkeutuminen — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• German: Vorrücken — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• German: Vordringen — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• German: Eindringen — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• German: Eindringung — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Hindi: घुसपैठ (ghuspaiṭh) — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Hindi: अतिक्रमण (atikramaṇ) — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Hungarian: behatolás — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Hungarian: térhódítás — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Portuguese: invasão — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Portuguese: usurpação — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Russian: вторже́ние (vtoržénije) — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Serbo-Croatian: zaposjedanje — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Ukrainian: вто́ргнення (vtórhnennja) — entry into a place or area that was previously uncommon
• Dutch: aantasting — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Dutch: inbreuk — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Finnish: tunkeutuminen — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• German: Übergriff — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• German: widerrechtliches Eindringen — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• German: Einbrechen — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• German: Einbruch — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Hindi: अतिक्रमण (atikramaṇ) — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Hungarian: betolakodás — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Hungarian: beavatkozás — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Hungarian: túlkapás — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Portuguese: transgressão — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Portuguese: violação — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Russian: посяга́тельство (posjagátelʹstvo) — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Serbo-Croatian: zadiranje — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Ukrainian: посяга́ння (posjahánnja) — intrusion upon another’s possessions or rights
• Hindi: उल्लंघन (ullaṅghan) — unlawful diminution
• Hungarian: jogsérelem — unlawful diminution
• Hungarian: jogsértés — unlawful diminution
• Spanish: intrusión — unlawful diminution
• Spanish: usurpación — unlawful diminution