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reconnoitre

UK/ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə//ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/

reconnoitre verb: to perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.

Verb

reconnoitre (third-person singular simple present reconnoitres, present participle reconnoitring, simple past and past participle reconnoitred)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.
    • Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops.
    • Not a drop of rain fell; the clouds went portentously off, like ships of war after reconnoitering a strong fort, to return with added strength and fury.1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 150
  2. (obsolete) To recognise.
    • As to my person, it will not be so easy to reconnoitre it, for I question whether any of it will remain1765, Horace Walpole, The Correspondence of Horace Walpole, with George Montagu, Esq

Noun

reconnoitre (plural reconnoitres)

  1. An act or instance of reconnoitring.
    • The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre.

reconnoitre meaning in Malayalam and Kannada

reconnoitre in Malayalam

ദേശപരിശോധന ചെയ്യുക

reconnoitre in Kannada

ಪರಿವೀಕ್ಷಣೆ ಮಾಡು, ಶೋಧಿಸು, ಅನ್ವೇಷಿಸು, ಬೇಹುಗಾರಿಕೆಮಾಡು

Synonyms of reconnoitre

Forms of reconnoitre

Verb
third-person singular presentreconnoitres
present participlereconnoitring
past participlereconnoitred
pastreconnoitred
alternative USreconnoiter
alternative form (archaic)reconnaitre
alternative form (rare)reconnaître
alternative form (rare)reconnoître
Noun
pluralreconnoitres

Origin of reconnoitre

From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form.

Words formed from reconnoitre

Questions about reconnoitre

What does reconnoitre mean?
Reconnoitre means to perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information.
What is reconnoitre in Malayalam?
Reconnoitre in Malayalam is ദേശപരിശോധന ചെയ്യുക. See Reconnoitre meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is reconnoitre?
Reconnoitre can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce reconnoitre?
Reconnoitre is pronounced /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/ (UK).
What is the past tense of reconnoitre?
The past tense of reconnoitre is reconnoitred.

Words near reconnoitre in the dictionary

  1. reconnoiterers
  2. reconnoitering
  3. reconnoiteringly
  4. reconnoiterings
  5. reconnoiters
  6. reconnoitre
  7. reconnoitred
  8. reconnoitrer
  9. reconnoitrers
  10. reconnoitres
  11. reconnoitring

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: reconnoitre (page history and authors); reconnoitre (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reconnoitre (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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