verb
Meaning 1
To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: flout
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flout
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
infringe
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒ/
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rhymes with -ɪndʒ
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CMU ARPABET: IH2 N F R IH1 N JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To break in or encroach on something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Near-synonym: impinge
- infringing on my personal freedom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impinge
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To furnish or embellish with a fringe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
advance beyond the usual limit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: encroach, impinge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: advance, progress, pass on, move on, march on, go on
verb
Meaning 5
go against, as of rules and laws
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He ran afoul of the law
- This behavior conflicts with our rules
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conflict, run afoul, contravene
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against, breach, break
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin īnfringō, īnfringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: нарушавам (narušavam) — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Catalan: infringir — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Dutch: schenden — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Esperanto: kontraŭi — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Esperanto: malobei — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Esperanto: malobservi — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- French: enfreindre — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Galician: derromper — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Galician: britar — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Galician: crebar — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Galician: infrinxir — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- German: verletzen — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- German: übertreten — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- German: verstoßen — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Ido: uzurpar — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Italian: infrangere — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Korean: 위반(違反)하다 (wibanhada) — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Korean: 침해(侵害)하다 (chimhaehada) — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Korean: 어기다 (eogida) — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Occitan: enfrànher — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Persian: نقض کردن (naqz kardan) — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Polish: naruszać — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Portuguese: infringir — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Portuguese: transgredir — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Romanian: încălca — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Russian: нарушать (narušatʹ) — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Spanish: infringir — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
- Turkish: ihlal etmek — to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.