Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 Penetration
, 🇪🇸 penetración
, 🇮🇹 penetrazione
, 🇵🇹 penetração
, 🇨🇳 渗透
, 🇯🇵 浸透
, 🇰🇷 침투
, 🇸🇦 تغلغل
, 🇮🇳 प्रवेश
Usage Examples
- La pénétration de l'antenne est faible, je ne reçois pas bien le signal.
- La pénétration de marché de cette nouvelle marque est déjà impressionnante.
- La pénétration de l'eau dans les murs du grenier pose un problème.
Etymology
**Etymology**
*Pénétration* comes from the French verb *pénétrer*, which entered the language in the 13th c. from the Late Latin *penetratio* (the act of piercing or entering). The Latin verb *penetrāre* is built on *penetra*, itself a borrowing from the Greek *penetrō* “to go through,” ultimately from *penetrō* “to pierce.” The noun form followed the French pattern of adding *‑tion* to a verb stem, giving the modern French *pénétration*.
Synonyms
infiltration
intrusion
incursion
perforation
percolation
perçage
pénétration (excluded)
Antonyms
exclusion
rejet
refus
retrait
barrière
