infiltration

English

Etymology

From Middle English infiltracioun, from Medieval Latin infiltrātiōnem, infiltrātiō. By surface analysis, infiltrat(e) +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnfɪlˈtɹeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

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:

     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

• agroinfiltration
• bioinfiltration
• coinfiltration
• infiltration basin
• infiltrationism
• infiltration pond
• postinfiltration
• preinfiltration

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) Ukrainian: інфільтра́ція f (infilʹtrácija)

substance

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

entering secretly

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

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

infiltration f (plural infiltrations)

1. injection
2. 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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	infiltration	infiltrations
	definite	infiltrationen	infiltrationens
plural	indefinite	infiltrationer	infiltrationers
	definite	infiltrationerna	infiltrationernas

Related terms

• infiltratör
• infiltrera

References

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