adj
Meaning 1
Having an infection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
infected
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noun
Meaning 2
One who has an infection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
simple past and past participle of infect
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
Examples
- Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a septic sore throat
- a septic environment
- septic sewage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: septic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
22 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: yoluxmuş — having an infection
- Azerbaijani: tutulmuş — having an infection
- Dutch: besmet — having an infection
- Finnish: infektoitunut — having an infection
- Finnish: tartunnan saanut — having an infection
- French: infecté — having an infection
- Georgian: გადამდები (gadamdebi) — having an infection
- Georgian: ინფექციური (inpekciuri) — having an infection
- German: infiziert — having an infection
- Hindi: संक्रमित (saṅkramit) — having an infection
- Irish: galrach — having an infection
- Italian: infetto — having an infection
- Macedonian: заразен (zarazen) — having an infection
- Macedonian: инфициран (inficiran) — having an infection
- Plautdietsch: enzint — having an infection
- Romanian: infectat — having an infection
- Russian: заражённый (zaražónnyj) — having an infection
- Russian: инфици́рованный (inficírovannyj) — having an infection
- Spanish: infectado — having an infection
- Spanish: infecto — having an infection
- Ukrainian: інфіко́ваний (infikóvanyj) — having an infection
- Ukrainian: зара́жений (zaráženyj) — having an infection
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