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10 Language-to-English DictionariesReconnaissance
/rɪˈkɒnɪsəns/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Preliminary military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features.
"The drones were sent out for aerial reconnaissance of the enemy lines."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Borrowed from French reconnaissance, from reconnoître 'to recognize', from Old French reconoistre, from Latin recognoscere 'to know again, review'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Reconnaissance" is said worldwide
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reconnaissance
Transliteration: reconnaissance
"L'équipe est partie en reconnaissance."
Aufklärung
Transliteration: Aufklaerung
"Die Soldaten gingen zur Aufklärung voraus."
ricognizione
Transliteration: ricognizione
"Hanno fatto una missione di ricognizione."
reconocimiento
Transliteration: reconocimiento
"El batallón realizó un reconocimiento del terreno."
reconhecimento
Transliteration: reconhecimento
"A patrulha fez o reconhecimento da área."
टोही
Transliteration: tohi
"सैनिकों को टोही मिशन पर भेजा गया था।"
侦察
Transliteration: zhēnchá
"特种部队被派去进行敌后侦察。"
정찰
Transliteration: jeongchal
"정찰병이 적의 동향을 살피러 떠났다."
偵察
Transliteration: teisatsu
"部隊は周辺の偵察に向かった。"
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