injure

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• General-American: /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.dʒə/
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• rhymes with -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: IH1 N JH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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A back-formation from injury, from Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَرَحَ (jaraḥa) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Azerbaijani: yaralamaq — to wound or cause physical harm
• Azerbaijani: xəsarət gətirmək — to wound or cause physical harm
• Belarusian: ра́ніць (ránicʹ) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Belarusian: пара́ніць (paránicʹ) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Central Bikol: uragan — to wound or cause physical harm
• Bulgarian: раня́вам (ranjávam) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Bulgarian: раня́ (ranjá) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Catalan: ferir — to wound or cause physical harm
• Catalan: danyar — to wound or cause physical harm
• Cherokee: ᎠᏐᏅᏍᎦ (asonvsga) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Chinese Mandarin: 傷害 /伤害 (shānghài) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Chinese Mandarin: 損傷 /损伤 (sǔnshāng) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Czech: zraňovat — to wound or cause physical harm
• Czech: ranit — to wound or cause physical harm
• Czech: zranit — to wound or cause physical harm
• Czech: poranit — to wound or cause physical harm
• Danish: såre — to wound or cause physical harm
• Dutch: kwetsen — to wound or cause physical harm
• Dutch: blesseren — to wound or cause physical harm
• Esperanto: vundi — to wound or cause physical harm
• Finnish: vahingoittaa — to wound or cause physical harm
• Finnish: haavoittaa — to wound or cause physical harm
• French: blesser — to wound or cause physical harm
• Old French: blechier — to wound or cause physical harm
• Friulian: ferî — to wound or cause physical harm
• Galician: ferir — to wound or cause physical harm
• Galician: mancar — to wound or cause physical harm
• German: verletzen — to wound or cause physical harm
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (agljan) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Greek: τραυματίζω (travmatízo) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Ancient Greek: τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Ancient Greek: τραυματίζω (traumatízō) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Ancient Greek: βλάπτω (bláptō) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Haitian Creole: blese — to wound or cause physical harm
• Hungarian: megsebesít — to wound or cause physical harm
• Hungarian: megsebez — to wound or cause physical harm
• Icelandic: slasa — to wound or cause physical harm
• Icelandic: særa — to wound or cause physical harm
• Ingrian: verestää — to wound or cause physical harm
• Irish: déan díobháil — to wound or cause physical harm
• Irish: díobháil — to wound or cause physical harm
• Irish: leon — to wound or cause physical harm
• Irish: gortaigh — to wound or cause physical harm
• Italian: ferire — to wound or cause physical harm
• Italian: danneggiare — to wound or cause physical harm
• Japanese: 痛める (itameru) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Japanese: 傷付ける (kizutsukeru) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Korean: 해치다 (haechida) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Northern Kurdish: birîndar kirin — to wound or cause physical harm
• Latin: noceo — to wound or cause physical harm
• Macedonian: ранува (ranuva) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Macedonian: рани (rani) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Norwegian: skade — to wound or cause physical harm
• Norwegian: såre — to wound or cause physical harm
• Old English: wierdan — to wound or cause physical harm
• Polish: ranić — to wound or cause physical harm
• Polish: zranić — to wound or cause physical harm
• Portuguese: ferir — to wound or cause physical harm
• Portuguese: machucar — to wound or cause physical harm
• Russian: ра́нить (ránitʹ) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Russian: пора́нить (poránitʹ) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Sanskrit: द्रुह्यति (druhyati) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Sanskrit: हिनस्ति (hinasti) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Sardinian: fèrrere — to wound or cause physical harm
• Serbo-Croatian: ра̏нити — to wound or cause physical harm
• Serbo-Croatian: rȁniti — to wound or cause physical harm
• Sicilian: firiri — to wound or cause physical harm
• Slovak: zraňovať — to wound or cause physical harm
• Slovak: raniť — to wound or cause physical harm
• Slovak: zraniť — to wound or cause physical harm
• Slovak: poraniť — to wound or cause physical harm
• Slovene: raniti — to wound or cause physical harm
• Spanish: lastimar — to wound or cause physical harm
• Spanish: lisiar — to wound or cause physical harm
• Swahili: -jeruhi — to wound or cause physical harm
• Swedish: skada — to wound or cause physical harm
• Ottoman Turkish: یارهلامق (yaralamak) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Ukrainian: ра́нити (rányty) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Ukrainian: пора́нити (porányty) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Ukrainian: зра́нити (zrányty) — to wound or cause physical harm
• Welsh: anafu — to wound or cause physical harm
• Welsh: niweidio — to wound or cause physical harm
• Welsh: brifo — to wound or cause physical harm
• Azerbaijani: zərər vurmaq — to cause damage or impair
• Central Bikol: uragan — to cause damage or impair
• Bulgarian: разва́лям (razváljam) — to cause damage or impair
• Bulgarian: повре́ждам (povréždam) — to cause damage or impair
• Finnish: vahingoittaa — to cause damage or impair
• French: blesser — to cause damage or impair
• German: verletzen — to cause damage or impair
• Māori: whakakino — to cause damage or impair
• Māori: tunuhuruhuru — to cause damage or impair
• Oromo: hubuu — to cause damage or impair
• Russian: повреди́ть (povredítʹ) — to cause damage or impair
• Spanish: injuriar — to cause damage or impair
• Swedish: skada — to cause damage or impair
• Bulgarian: оби́ждам (obíždam) — to do injustice to
• Bulgarian: оскърбя́вам (oskǎrbjávam) — to do injustice to
• Finnish: olla epäoikeudenmukainen — to do injustice to
• Finnish: loukata — to do injustice to
• Māori: tunuhuruhuru — to do injustice to
• Norwegian: skade — to do injustice to
• Russian: обижа́ть (obižátʹ) — to do injustice to
• Russian: оби́деть (obídetʹ) — to do injustice to
• Spanish: injuriar — to do injustice to