injuste

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin injūstus. Equivalent to in- +‎ juste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.ʒyst/

Adjective

injuste (plural injustes)

1. unjust; unfair

   Antonym: juste

   • 2020, Gaëlle Pingault, Les cœurs imparfaits, page 14:

     Il a pensé que c’était injuste qu’on soit plus souvent touché par ce qui arrive aux beaux qu’aux laids.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• injustement

Related terms

• injustice

Further reading

• “injuste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Justine

Latin

Etymology 1

injūstus +‎ -ē

Alternative forms

• iniūstē

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈi̯uːs.teː/, [ɪnˈi̯uːs̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈjus.te/, [inˈjust̪e]

Adverb

injūstē (comparative injūstius, superlative injūstissimē)

1. unjustly

References

• “injustē”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “iniūstē”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• injustē in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 823/1.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈi̯uːs.te/, [ɪnˈi̯uːs̠t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈjus.te/, [inˈjust̪e]

Adjective

injūste

1. vocative masculine singular of injūstus