Meanings
plural collisions
- countableuncountableAn instance of colliding.
He has retired due to the collision.
1 more example
At the very moment he cried out, David realised that what he had run into was only the Christmas tree. Disgusted with himself at such cowardice, he spat a needle from his mouth, stepped back from the tree and listened. There were no sounds of any movement upstairs: no shouts, no sleepy grumbles, only a gentle tinkle from the decorations as the tree had recovered from the collision.
1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus - countableuncountablenatural sciencesAny event in which two or more bodies exert forces on each other in a relatively short time. In a collision, physical contact of two bodies is not necessary.
- abbreviationclippingcountableuncountablecomputingClipping of naming collision.
- abbreviationclippingcountableuncountablecomputingClipping of collision detection; tangibility.
Synonyms & antonyms
noun(physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincollīsiō“clash, concussion, collision”
- Middle Frenchcollision
- Englishcollision
From Middle French collision, from Latin collīsiō (“clash, concussion, collision”) (whence -ion (noun suffix denoting action, result, process, state, condition)), from collīsus (“clashed together, conflicted, contended”), past participle of collīdō (“to clash, strike, dash, beat, or press together”) (whence collide), from con- (“together”) + laedō (“to strike, collide, hurt”) (whence col- (assimilated form of com-)).
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κροῦσις, σύρραξις
- κροῦσις (kroûsis)instance of colliding
- σύρραξις (súrrhaxis)instance of colliding
Arabic تَصَادُّم, اِصْطِدَام
- تَصَادُّم (taṣāddum)instance of colliding
- اِصْطِدَام (iṣṭidām)instance of colliding
Basque talka
- talkainstance of colliding
Bulgarian сблъ́скване
- сблъ́скване (sblắskvane)instance of colliding
Catalan col·lisió
- col·lisióinstance of colliding
Chinese Mandarin 碰撞
- 碰撞 (pèngzhuàng)instance of colliding
Czech srážka
- srážkainstance of colliding
Danish kollision
- kollisioninstance of colliding
Dutch botsing
- botsinginstance of colliding
Esperanto kolizio
- kolizioinstance of colliding
Finnish kolari, yhteentörmäys
- kolariinstance of colliding
- yhteentörmäysinstance of colliding
- törmäysinstance of colliding
French collision
- collisioninstance of colliding
German Zusammenstoß, Kollision
- Zusammenstoßinstance of colliding
- Kollisioninstance of colliding
Greek σύγκρουση
- σύγκρουση (sýgkrousi)instance of colliding
Hebrew הִתנַגְשׁוּת
- הִתנַגְשׁוּת (hitnagshut)instance of colliding
Hindi टक्कर
- टक्कर (ṭakkar)instance of colliding
Hungarian ütközés
- ütközésinstance of colliding
Icelandic árekstur, ákeyrsla
- áreksturinstance of colliding
- ákeyrslainstance of colliding
Italian collisione
- collisioneinstance of colliding
Japanese 衝突
- 衝突 (shōtotsu)instance of colliding
Korean 충돌
- 충돌 (chungdol)instance of colliding
Latin collisio, conflictus
- collisioinstance of colliding
- conflictusinstance of colliding
Māori tūtakitanga, hūtakitanga
- tūtakitangainstance of colliding
- hūtakitangainstance of colliding
Norwegian Bokmål kollisjon
- kollisjoninstance of colliding
Persian برخورد
- برخورد (bar-xord)instance of colliding
Polish kolizja, zderzenie
- kolizjainstance of colliding
- zderzenieinstance of colliding
Portuguese colisão
- colisãoinstance of colliding
Romanian ciocnire, coliziune
- ciocnireinstance of colliding
- coliziuneinstance of colliding
Russian столкнове́ние, соударе́ние
- столкнове́ние (stolknovénije)instance of colliding
- соударе́ние (soudarénije)instance of colliding
- колли́зия (kollízija)instance of colliding
Slovak zrážka
- zrážkainstance of colliding
Spanish colisión
- colisióninstance of colliding
Swedish kollision, kollidering
- kollisioninstance of colliding
- kollideringinstance of colliding
- krockinstance of colliding
Ukrainian зі́ткнення, зуда́р
- зі́ткнення (zítknennja)instance of colliding
- зуда́р (zudár)instance of colliding
Urdu ٹَکْراو, ٹَکَّر
- ٹَکْراو (ṭakrāv)instance of colliding
- ٹَکَّر (ṭakkar)instance of colliding
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with collision
Cite this entry
collision. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collision
“collision.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collision. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “collision,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/collision.
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