irruption

irruption

English

Etymology

From Middle French irruption, from Latin irruptio.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌpʃən

Noun

irruption (countable and uncountable, plural irruptions)

1. The action of irrupting or breaking into; a violent entry or invasion; an inbreaking; an intrusion.

   The Trojan irruption into the Greek camp is related in Book XV of the Iliad.

2. (ecology) An abrupt increase of an animal population.

   Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia.

3. (by extension) An abrupt increase in the size of a movement or organization.

   How can we explain this irruption of young people self-identifying as socialists?

Translations

action of irrupting

Bulgarian: нахлуване (bg) n (nahluvane), нашествие (bg) n (našestvie) Catalan: irrupció (ca) f French: irruption (fr) f, cambriolage (fr) German: Eindringen (de), Einbruch (de), Hereinbrechen Greek: εισβολή (el) f (eisvolí), επιδρομή (el) f (epidromí) Italian: irruzione (it) Korean: 돌입 (ko) (dorip) Spanish: irrupción (es) f

Anagrams

• prurition

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irruptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ʁyp.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

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Noun

irruption f (plural irruptions)

1. outbreak (an eruption, sudden appearance)
2. irruption

Derived terms

• faire irruption

Further reading

• “irruption”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.