reconnaissance

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reconnaissance

/ɹɪˈkɒnɪsəns/
/ɹiˈkɒnɪsəns/
/ɹəˈkɒnəsəns/

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Borrowed from French reconnaissance (“recognition”). Doublet of recognizance.

noun reconnaissances · recce · recon · reconnoissance

countable, uncountable 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.

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Closest in meaning: reconnoiter, recce, recon, reconnoitre, scout, patrol, patrolling, expeditionary, tracking, pathfinder, espionage, spying, spy, surveillance, exploring, exploratory

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noun act of gathering information

Español	reconocimiento, conocimiento, descubierta
한국어	정찰 jeongchal
日本語	偵察 teisatsu
中文	偵察 /侦察 zhēnchá, 選點 /选点 xuǎndiǎn
Português	reconhecimento
Français	reconnaissance
Deutsch	Aufklärung, Kundschaft, Auskundschaftung, Auskundschaften
Italiano	ricognizione
Ελληνικά	αναγνώριση anagnórisi
Română	recunoaștere, cercetare
Русский	разве́дка razvédka, рекогносциро́вка rekognosciróvka
العربية	اِسْتِطْلَاع istiṭlāʕ
עברית	סִיּוּר si'úr

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@misc{reconnaissance_2026,
  title = {reconnaissance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reconnaissance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}