Raid

/reɪd/ noun

Definition

A sudden attack or invasion, typically for the purpose of causing damage, stealing, or arresting someone.

Etymology

From Scots 'rade', a variant of 'road' meaning 'a riding, journey on horseback'. Originally referred to mounted attacks across borders. The connection to 'road' reflects the path taken during such attacks.

Kelly Says

Police raids and Viking raids share the same etymology despite their different contexts - both involve swift, purposeful journeys to achieve specific objectives. In computing, RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) cleverly repurposes the military term for data storage strategy.

Translations

AFAfrikaans
aanval
AAN-val
AMአማርኛ
ድብደባ
dib-de-ba
ARالعربية
غارة
ghaa-ra
BGБългарски
набег
na-BEG
BNবাংলা
হামলা
ham-la
CACatalà
incursió
in-kur-si-O
CSČeština
nájezd
NA-yezd
DADansk
raid
reyd
DEDeutsch
Überfall
UU-ber-fal
ELΕλληνικά
επιδρομή
e-pi-dro-MI
ESEspañol
incursión
in-kur-SYON
ETEesti
rünnak
RUUN-nak
EUEuskara
eraso
e-RA-so
FAفارسی
یورش
yoor-esh
FISuomi
ryöstöretki
RYOES-toe-ret-ki
FRFrançais
raid
red
GLGalego
incursión
in-kur-SYON
HEעברית
פשיטה
pshi-TA
HIहिन्दी
छापा
chaa-pa
HRHrvatski
napad
NA-pad
HUMagyar
rajtaütés
RAY-ta-uu-tesh
IDBahasa Indonesia
serangan
se-rang-an
ITItaliano
incursione
in-kur-SYO-ne
JA日本語
襲撃
shuu-geki
KO한국어
습격
seup-gyeok
LTLietuvių
reidas
REI-das
LVLatviešu
iebrukums
ie-BRU-kums
MNМонгол
дайралт
dai-ralt
MSBahasa Melayu
serbuan
ser-BU-an
MYမြန်မာ
ထိုးစစ်
htoe-sit
NLNederlands
overval
O-ver-val
NONorsk
raid
reyd
PLPolski
nalot
NA-lot
PTPortuguês
incursão
in-kur-SAOW
RORomână
raid
reyd
RUРусский
рейд
reyd
SKSlovenčina
nájazd
NA-yazd
SLSlovenščina
napad
NA-pad
SRСрпски
напад
na-pad
SVSvenska
räd
red
SWKiswahili
shambulio
sham-bu-LI-o
TAதமிழ்
தாக்குதல்
thaak-ku-dal
TEతెలుగు
దాడి
daa-di
THไทย
การจู่โจม
kaan juu joem
TRTürkçe
baskın
bas-KIN
UKУкраїнська
рейд
reyd
URاردو
چھاپہ
chhaa-pa
VITiếng Việt
đột kích
dot kich
ZH中文
突袭
tū xí

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