reconnaissance
Syllables: re·con·nais·sance/ɹɪˈkɒnɪsəns/
reconnaissance noun: the act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
Noun
reconnaissance (countable and uncountable, plural reconnaissances)
- The act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
- 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.1973, Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama
reconnaissance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
reconnaissance in Tamil
- ஒற்றாடல், வேவுப்பணி, உளவு பார்த்தல், புலங்காணல்
reconnaissance in Bengali
- অনুসন্ধান, প্রাথমিক পর্যবেক্ষণ
reconnaissance in Malayalam
- ശത്രുസങ്കേതപരിശോധനം, ദേശപരീക്ഷ, സൈനികരംഗനിരീക്ഷണം
More languagesFewer languages
- reconnaissance in Kannada
- ಬೇಹುಗಾರಿಕೆ, ರಹಸ್ಯ ಪರಿಶೀಲನೆ, ವಿಷಯ ಸಂಗ್ರಹಣೆ, ಭೂಪರಿಶೀಲನ
- reconnaissance in Gujarati
- રિકોનિસન્સ
- reconnaissance in Arabic
- اِسْتِطْلَاع istiṭlāʕ
- reconnaissance in Indonesian
- pengintaian, penyelidikan
- reconnaissance in Thai
- การลาดตระเวน gaan-lâat-dtrà-ween, การสอดแนม gaan-sɔ̀ɔt-nɛɛm, การสำรวจ gaan-sǎm-rùuat
Forms of reconnaissance
| plural | reconnaissances |
|---|---|
| alternative form | recce |
| alternative form | recon |
| alternative form | reconnoissance |
Origin of reconnaissance
Borrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”). Doublet of recognizance.
Words formed from reconnaissance
Phrases with reconnaissance
Questions about reconnaissance
- What does reconnaissance mean?
- Reconnaissance means the act of scouting or exploring (especially military or medical) to gain information.
- What is reconnaissance in Hindi?
- Reconnaissance in Hindi is टोही. See Reconnaissance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reconnaissance?
- Reconnaissance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce reconnaissance?
- Reconnaissance is pronounced /ɹɪˈkɒnɪsəns/.
- What is the plural of reconnaissance?
- The plural of reconnaissance is reconnaissances.
Words near reconnaissance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: reconnaissance (page history and authors); reconnaissance (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reconnaissance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconnaissance (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconnaissance (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconnaissance (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconnaissance (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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