"infringe" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈfɹɪnd͡ʒ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-infringe.wav Forms: infringes [present, singular, third-person], infringing [participle, present], infringed [participle, past], infringed [past], enfringe [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪndʒ Etymology: Borrowed from Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰreg-}}, {{bor|en|la|infringere||to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy}} Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} infringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed)
  1. (transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc. Tags: transitive Translations (to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.): нарушавам (narušavam) (Bulgarian), infringir (Catalan), schenden (Dutch), kontraŭi (Esperanto), malobei (Esperanto), malobservi (Esperanto), enfreindre (French), derromper (Galician), britar (Galician), crebar (Galician), infrinxir (Galician), verletzen (German), übertreten (German), verstoßen (German), uzurpar (Ido), infrangere (Italian), 위반(違反)하다 (wibanhada) (Korean), 침해(侵害)하다 (chimhaehada) (Korean), 어기다 (eogida) (Korean), enfrànher (Occitan), نقض کردن (naqz kardan) (Persian), naruszać [imperfective] (Polish), infringir (Portuguese), transgredir (Portuguese), încălca (Romanian), нарушать (narušatʹ) (Russian), infringir (Spanish), ihlal etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-infringe-en-verb-hUQqhgm1 Disambiguation of 'to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.': 93 6 1
  2. (intransitive) To break in or encroach on something. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-infringe-en-verb-dWUHg3B7
  3. (transitive, dated) To furnish or embellish with a fringe. Tags: dated, transitive
    Sense id: en-infringe-en-verb-cU-L3vB3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 24 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 29 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 25 22 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 25 22 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 22 28 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 22 28 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 25 22 53 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 18 22 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 19 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 25 22 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 25 22 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 26 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 21 19 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 25 22 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 26 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 22 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: infringement, infringed, infringer Related terms: infraction

Verb [Latin]

Forms: īnfringe [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=īnfringe}} īnfringe
  1. second-person singular present active imperative of īnfringō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, present, second-person, singular Form of: īnfringō
    Sense id: en-infringe-la-verb-Y4r2HX2i Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 3 6 20 30 5 30 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 4 15 36 3 36 3

Verb [Portuguese]

Head templates: {{head|pt|verb form}} infringe
  1. inflection of infringir:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: infringir
    Sense id: en-infringe-pt-verb-IqgqoSG8 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 3 6 20 30 5 30 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 4 15 36 3 36 3 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. inflection of infringir:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: infringir
    Sense id: en-infringe-pt-verb-n~shVrUU

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} infringe
  1. inflection of infringir:
    third-person singular present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Form of: infringir
    Sense id: en-infringe-es-verb-IqgqoSG8 Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 3 6 20 30 5 30 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 2 4 15 36 3 36 3 Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. inflection of infringir:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: infringir
    Sense id: en-infringe-es-verb-n~shVrUU

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1951, T. S. Lascelles, “British Railway Signalling Since 1925”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 226:",
          "text": "The patent situation, too, played a part in this, as often a firm sought to produce something which would achieve a given result, and yet not infringe a patent held by another; or a railway engineer would think of a device of his own that would free him of obligation to some manufacturer.",
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          "ref": "2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:",
          "text": "According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.",
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        "(transitive) To break or violate a treaty, a law, a right, etc."
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          "roman": "wibanhada",
          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
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          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
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          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
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          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
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          "roman": "naqz kardan",
          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
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          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
          "word": "încălca"
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          "_dis1": "93 6 1",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "narušatʹ",
          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
          "word": "нарушать"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
          "word": "infringir"
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          "_dis1": "93 6 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.",
          "word": "ihlal etmek"
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          "text": "Near-synonym: impinge"
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          "text": "A well regulated Militia, being neceſsary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.",
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        "(intransitive) To break in or encroach on something."
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        "To furnish or embellish with a fringe."
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        "(transitive, dated) To furnish or embellish with a fringe."
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      "word": "infringir"
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