1 | noun | a single distinct event 2 | noun | a public disturbance 3 | adjective | falling or striking of light rays on something 4 | adjective | (sometimes followed by "to") minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

'insuhduhnt (IPA: ˈɪnsədənt)

in-ci-dent (8 letters | 3 syllables)

1412 (Late Middle ages | European Renaissance) (614 years ago)

Latin

written: 2638th most common (1 in 25641 words) ( > 99% noun | 0% adjective)

spoken: 2646th most common (1 in 58824 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

incidents

incidental

cause celebre | contagion | infection | scene | sideshow | transmission (total: 6)

happening | natural event | occurrence | occurrent | commotion | disruption | disturbance | flutter | hoo-ha | hoo-hah | hurly burly | kerfuffle | to-do (total: 13)

(none among common words)

coincident | incidence | incidental | incipient

(none among common words)

The Ox-Bow Incident (Walter Van Tilburg Clark) | Incident At Hawk's Hill (Allan W. Eckert)

The Ox-Bow Incident | The Long Island Incident | The Linguini Incident | The Incident | The Bedford Incident | ... (total: 8)

incident.com | incident.net | incident.org | incident.info | incident.biz (total: 5)

Regrettable occurrence (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

11 (International English) | 11 (North American English)