adj · noun · 14 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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/ˈɪnsɪdənt/
[ˈɪnsɪdənt] ~ [ˈɪnsɪdn̩t]
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Arising as the result of an event, inherent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
No major hazards incident to this job.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
adj
Meaning 2
Falling on or striking a surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Coming or happening accidentally; not in the usual course of things; not in connection with the main design; not according to expectation; casual; fortuitous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adj
Meaning 4
Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
17th century, Richard Milward, "Preface" to Seldeniana the studies incident to his profession
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
adj
Meaning 5
Dependent upon, or appertaining to, another thing, called the principal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
6
adj
Meaning 6
In a relation of incidence
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
An event or occurrence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
She could not recall the time of the incident.
It was an incident that he hoped to forget.
The suspect was released without further incident.
Recorded since 1412, from Middle French incident, from Latin incidens, the present active participle of incidō (“to happen, befall”), itself from in- (“on”) + -cidō, the combining form of cadō (“to fall”).
Across languages
Translations
228 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
произтичащ
(proiztičašt)
— arising as the result of an event
Dutch:
inherent
— arising as the result of an event
Finnish:
johtuva
— arising as the result of an event
German:
verbunden
— arising as the result of an event
German:
zusammenhängend
— arising as the result of an event
German:
inhärent
— arising as the result of an event
German:
anhaftend
— arising as the result of an event
German:
dazugehörend
— arising as the result of an event
German:
inherent
— arising as the result of an event
German:
folgend
— arising as the result of an event
German:
zugehörig
— arising as the result of an event
German:
gehörend zu
— arising as the result of an event
Greek:
συναφής
(synafís)
— arising as the result of an event
Polish:
wynikający
— arising as the result of an event
Polish:
towarzyszący
— arising as the result of an event
Romanian:
incidental
— arising as the result of an event
Russian:
свойственный
(svojstvennyj)
— arising as the result of an event
Ukrainian:
власти́вий
(vlastývyj)
— arising as the result of an event
Bulgarian:
падащ
(padašt)
— physics: falling on a surface
Dutch:
inslaand
— physics: falling on a surface
Finnish:
tuleva
— physics: falling on a surface
German:
einfallend
— physics: falling on a surface
German:
auftreffend
— physics: falling on a surface
Greek:
προσπίπτουσα
(prospíptousa)
— physics: falling on a surface
Greek:
προσπίπτων
(prospípton)
— physics: falling on a surface
Irish:
ionsaitheach
— physics: falling on a surface
Polish:
padający
— physics: falling on a surface
Romanian:
incident
— physics: falling on a surface
Russian:
падающий
(padajuščij)
— physics: falling on a surface
Slovak:
dopadajúci
— physics: falling on a surface
Ukrainian:
па́даючий
(pádajučyj)
— physics: falling on a surface