noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/
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Canada, General-American:/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/
Texas:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Australian:/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹɐkt͡ʃə/
Australian:/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹakt͡ʃə/
CMU ARPABET:IH2 N F R AH0 S T R AH1 K CH ER0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
The facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Meronyms: (literally, large objects and portions thereof) structures, substructures, understructures, superstructures
If we don't spend money to maintain our infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, water mains, sewers, and electrical grids, then it will begin to fail us.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the industrial base of Japan
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: base
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: store, stock, fund
4
noun
Meaning 4
the basic structure or features of a system or organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: substructure
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
Across languages
Translations
130 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
ենթակառույց
(entʻakaṙuycʻ)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Belarusian:
інфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Bengali:
পরিকাঠামো
(porikaṭhamō)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Bulgarian:
инфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Catalan:
infraestructura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Chinese Mandarin:
基礎設施 /基础设施
(jīchǔ shèshī)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Czech:
infrastruktura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Danish:
infrastruktur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Dutch:
infrastructuur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Esperanto:
substrukturo
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Estonian:
taristu
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Estonian:
infrastruktuur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Finnish:
infrastruktuuri
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
French:
infrastructure
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Galician:
infraestrutura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
German:
Infrastruktur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Greek:
υποδομή
(ypodomí)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Hebrew:
תַּשְׁתִּית
(tashtít)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Hindi:
अवसंरचना
(avsanracnā)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Hungarian:
infrastruktúra
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Icelandic:
innviðir
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Indonesian:
infrastruktur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Irish:
infreastruchtúr
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Irish:
bonneagar
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Italian:
infrastruttura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Japanese:
インフラストラクチャ
(infurasutorakucha)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Japanese:
インフラ
(infura)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Korean:
기반시설
(gibansiseol)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Korean:
기간시설
(gigansiseol)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Korean:
인프라스트럭처
(inpeuraseuteureokcheo)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Korean:
인프라
(inpeura)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Latin:
īnfrastrūctūra
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Macedonian:
инфраструктура
(infrastruktura)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Malay:
infrastruktur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Māori:
tūāhanga
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Norwegian Bokmål:
infrastruktur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Norwegian Nynorsk:
infrastruktur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Occitan:
infrastructura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Occitan:
infraestructura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Persian:
زیرساخت
(zirsâxt)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Polish:
infrastruktura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Portuguese:
infraestrutura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Romanian:
infrastructură
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Russian:
инфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Sanskrit:
अवसंरचना
(avasaṃracanā)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Spanish:
infraestructura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Swedish:
infrastruktur
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Tagalog:
imprastruktura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Tagalog:
imprastraktura
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Tagalog:
suludkayarian
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Thai:
โครงสร้างพื้นฐาน
(kroong-sâang-pʉ́ʉn-tǎan)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Turkish:
altyapı
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Turkish:
enfrastrüktür
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Ukrainian:
інфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Zhuang:
sezsih giekdaej
— underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system
Albanian:
infrastrukturë
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Arabic:
بِنْيَة تَحْتِيَّة
(binya taḥtiyya)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Armenian:
ենթակառույց
(entʻakaṙuycʻ)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Armenian:
ենթակառուցվածք
(entʻakaṙucʻvackʻ)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Azerbaijani:
infrastruktur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Basque:
azpiegitura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Belarusian:
інфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Bengali:
পরিকাঠামো
(porikaṭhamō)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Bulgarian:
инфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Catalan:
infraestructura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Chinese Mandarin:
基礎設施 /基础设施
(jīchǔ shèshī)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Chinese Mandarin:
基建
(jījiàn)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Crimean Tatar:
инфраструктура
(infrastruktura)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Crimean Tatar:
infrastrüktura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Czech:
infrastruktura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Danish:
infrastruktur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Dutch:
infrastructuur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Esperanto:
substrukturo
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Estonian:
taristu
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Estonian:
infrastruktuur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Finnish:
infrastruktuuri
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Galician:
infraestrutura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Georgian:
ინფრასტრუქტურა
(inprasṭrukṭura)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
German:
Infrastruktur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Greek:
υποδομή
(ypodomí)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Hebrew:
תַּשְׁתִּית
(tashtít)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Hindi:
अवसंरचना
(avsanracnā)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Hungarian:
infrastruktúra
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Indonesian:
infrastruktur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Indonesian:
prasarana
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Italian:
infrastruttura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Japanese:
インフラストラクチャ
(infurasutorakucha)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Japanese:
インフラ
(infura)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Kazakh:
инфрақұрылым
(infraqūrylym)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Korean:
기반시설
(gibansiseol)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Korean:
인프라스트럭처
(inpeuraseuteureokcheo)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Korean:
인프라
(inpeura)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Kyrgyz:
инфраструктура
(infrastruktura)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Latin:
īnfrastrūctūra
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Latvian:
infrastruktūra
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Lithuanian:
infrastruktūra
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Macedonian:
инфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Malay:
infrastruktur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Māori:
tūāhanga
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Norwegian Bokmål:
infrastruktur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Persian:
زیرساخت
(zirsâxt)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Polish:
infrastruktura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Portuguese:
infraestrutura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Romanian:
infrastructură
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Russian:
инфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Serbo-Croatian:
инфраструкту́ра
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Serbo-Croatian:
infrastruktúra
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Slovak:
infraštruktúra
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Slovene:
infrastruktura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Spanish:
infraestructura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Swedish:
infrastruktur
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Tagalog:
imprastruktura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Tagalog:
imprastraktura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Tagalog:
suludkayarian
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Tajik:
инфраструктура
(infrastruktura)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Tamil:
உள்கட்டமைப்பு
(uḷkaṭṭamaippu)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Tamil:
கட்டமைப்பு
(kaṭṭamaippu)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Telugu:
అవస్థాపన సౌకర్యాలు
(avasthāpana saukaryālu)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Turkish:
altyapı
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Turkish:
enfrastrüktür
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Turkmen:
infrastruktura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Ukrainian:
інфраструкту́ра
(infrastruktúra)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Urdu:
ہیکل اساسی
(haikal-e-asāsī)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Urdu:
بنیادی ڈھانچہ
(bunyādī-ḍhāñca)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Urdu:
بنیادی ڈھانچا
(bunyādī-ḍhāñcā)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Urdu:
ساخت زیریں
(sāxt-e-zerī̃)
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Uzbek:
infratuzilma
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Uzbek:
infrastruktura
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Vietnamese:
cơ sở hạ tầng
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
Zhuang:
sezsih giekdaej
— basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society
