infiltration

English

Etymology

From Middle English infiltracioun, from Medieval Latin infiltrātiōnem, infiltrātiō. Morphologically infiltrate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnfɪlˈtɹeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

infiltration (countable and uncountable, plural infiltrations)

1. The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
   1. (hydrology, soil science) process by which water on the ground surface enters the soil.
2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
   • 1784, Richard Kirwan, Elements of Mineralogy:

     calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities

3. The act of secretly entering a physical location and/or organization.
   • 2019, Peter Hartcher, “Power and Paranoia: Why the Chinese government aggressively pushes beyond its borders”, in The Sydney Morning Herald‎^[1]:

     No one should be under any illusions about the objective of the Communist Party leadership: it’s long-term, systematic infiltration of social organisations, media and government. By the time China’s infiltration of Australia is readily apparent, it will be too late.

Derived terms

• infiltration basin
• infiltration pond

Translations

act or process of infiltrating

• Bulgarian: процеждане (bg) n (proceždane), просмукване (bg) n (prosmukvane)
• Czech: infiltrace (cs)
• Dutch: infiltratie (nl) f
• French: infiltration (fr) f
• German: Infiltration (de) f
• Hungarian: víz beszivárgása, beszivárgás (hu)
• Manx: yn-heeley m
• Northern Sami: infiltrašuvdna
• Spanish: filtración f
• Telugu: ఇంకు (te) (iṅku)

substance

• Bulgarian: филтрат m (filtrat)
• French: infiltration (fr) f
• Spanish: filtración f
• Telugu: ఇంకు (te) (iṅku)

entering secretly

• Dutch: infiltratie (nl) f
• Finnish: soluttautuminen
• French: infiltration (fr) f
• German: Infiltration (de) f
• Greek: διείσδυση (el) f (dieísdysi)
• Hungarian: beszivárgás (hu), beépülés (hu)
• Italian: infiltrazione f
• Japanese: 潜入 (ja) (sennyū)
• Korean: 잠입 (ko) (jamip)
• Spanish: infiltración f
• Swedish: infiltration (sv) c
• Telugu: చొరబాటు (te) (corabāṭu)

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

infiltration f (plural infiltrations)

1. infiltration

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

infiltration (plural infiltrationes)

1. infiltration (act of infiltrating; substance that has infiltrated)

Swedish

Noun

infiltration c

1. infiltration

Declension

Declension of infiltration
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	infiltration	infiltrationen	infiltrationer	infiltrationerna
Genitive	infiltrations	infiltrationens	infiltrationers	infiltrationernas

Related terms

• infiltratör
• infiltrera

References

• infiltration in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• infiltration in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)