infra

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin infra (below).

Adverb

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infra (not comparable)

  1. (law) Discussed later.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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infra (countable and uncountable, plural infras)

  1. (civil engineering, computing, informal) Clipping of infrastructure.
    • 2005, Kyung-Bae Chang et al., “Meteorological Phenomena Measurement System Using the Wireless Network”, in Rajiv Khosla, Robert J. Howlett, Lakhmi C. Jain, editors, Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, →DOI, page 861:
      However, as the nations 70% is[sic] covered with mountains, gathering of the meteorological information of particular regions (mountains, canyons, islands etc) by wired transmission system is difficult and it costs a lot of money. This is one of the obstacles of the construction of an infra for the prevention of disasters caused by meteorological changes.
    • 2012, T. Mäkeläinen, J. Hyvärinen, J. Peura, “BIM practices and challenges framed – an approach to systemic change management”, in Gudni Gudnason, Raimar Scherer, editors, eWork and eBusiness in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 498:
      In this paper we focus on the context of infra construction and development – the problem being: lack of relevant tools for management of BIM [building information modelling] implementation actions.
    • 2014, Yoojin Lim, Eunmi Choi, “Mobile Cloud Computing Architectural Design Taxonomy toward the ‘Cloud Computing in Hand’ Era”, in Young-Sik Jeong et al., editors, Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, →DOI, page 519:
      Technologies in cloud computing have become mature in the infra systems and cloud server-level service providers, which have kept the infra system technologies as the data centers, server clusters, virtualization, service providers by extending services of Private Cloud.
    • 2015 April 2, James Somers, quoting Mark Zuckerberg, “Toolkits for the Mind”, in MIT Technology Review[1]:
      (Last year Zuckerberg announced a new engineering slogan: “Move fast with stable infra,” using the hacker shorthand for the infrastructure that keeps the site running.)

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Clipping of infrastruktuuri

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈinfrɑ/, [ˈiɱfrɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -infrɑ
  • Syllabification(key): inf‧ra

Noun

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infra (informal)

  1. infra (infrastructure)

Declension

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Inflection of infra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative infra infrat
genitive infran infrojen
partitive infraa infroja
illative infraan infroihin
singular plural
nominative infra infrat
accusative nom. infra infrat
gen. infran
genitive infran infrojen
infrain rare
partitive infraa infroja
inessive infrassa infroissa
elative infrasta infroista
illative infraan infroihin
adessive infralla infroilla
ablative infralta infroilta
allative infralle infroille
essive infrana infroina
translative infraksi infroiksi
abessive infratta infroitta
instructive infroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of infra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative infrani infrani
accusative nom. infrani infrani
gen. infrani
genitive infrani infrojeni
infraini rare
partitive infraani infrojani
inessive infrassani infroissani
elative infrastani infroistani
illative infraani infroihini
adessive infrallani infroillani
ablative infraltani infroiltani
allative infralleni infroilleni
essive infranani infroinani
translative infrakseni infroikseni
abessive infrattani infroittani
instructive
comitative infroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative infrasi infrasi
accusative nom. infrasi infrasi
gen. infrasi
genitive infrasi infrojesi
infraisi rare
partitive infraasi infrojasi
inessive infrassasi infroissasi
elative infrastasi infroistasi
illative infraasi infroihisi
adessive infrallasi infroillasi
ablative infraltasi infroiltasi
allative infrallesi infroillesi
essive infranasi infroinasi
translative infraksesi infroiksesi
abessive infrattasi infroittasi
instructive
comitative infroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative inframme inframme
accusative nom. inframme inframme
gen. inframme
genitive inframme infrojemme
infraimme rare
partitive infraamme infrojamme
inessive infrassamme infroissamme
elative infrastamme infroistamme
illative infraamme infroihimme
adessive infrallamme infroillamme
ablative infraltamme infroiltamme
allative infrallemme infroillemme
essive infranamme infroinamme
translative infraksemme infroiksemme
abessive infrattamme infroittamme
instructive
comitative infroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative infranne infranne
accusative nom. infranne infranne
gen. infranne
genitive infranne infrojenne
infrainne rare
partitive infraanne infrojanne
inessive infrassanne infroissanne
elative infrastanne infroistanne
illative infraanne infroihinne
adessive infrallanne infroillanne
ablative infraltanne infroiltanne
allative infrallenne infroillenne
essive infrananne infroinanne
translative infraksenne infroiksenne
abessive infrattanne infroittanne
instructive
comitative infroinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative infransa infransa
accusative nom. infransa infransa
gen. infransa
genitive infransa infrojensa
infrainsa rare
partitive infraansa infrojaan
infrojansa
inessive infrassaan
infrassansa
infroissaan
infroissansa
elative infrastaan
infrastansa
infroistaan
infroistansa
illative infraansa infroihinsa
adessive infrallaan
infrallansa
infroillaan
infroillansa
ablative infraltaan
infraltansa
infroiltaan
infroiltansa
allative infralleen
infrallensa
infroilleen
infroillensa
essive infranaan
infranansa
infroinaan
infroinansa
translative infrakseen
infraksensa
infroikseen
infroiksensa
abessive infrattaan
infrattansa
infroittaan
infroittansa
instructive
comitative infroineen
infroinensa

Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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infra

  1. infra

Noun

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infra m (plural infras)

  1. infra (infrastructure)

Further reading

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Istriot

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Preposition

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infra

  1. among
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:
      Ti me pari oûna dea infra li dai,
      You seem to me a goddess among the gods,

Italian

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Adverb

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infra

  1. Only used in vedi infra

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Latin

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Etymology

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Adverb contracted from the ablative īnferā (parte), of īnferus. Compare Faliscan 𐌉𐌅𐌓𐌀 (ifra), Oscan 𐌇𐌖𐌍𐌕𐌓𐌖𐌔 (huntrus), Umbrian 𐌇𐌏𐌍𐌃𐌓𐌀 (hondra).

The accusative is from the adverbial derivation.

Pronunciation

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(Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈin.fraː/, [ˈĩːfräː]

Adverb

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īnfrā (not comparable)

  1. below

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Descendants

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  • English: infra (learned)
  • French: infra (learned)
  • French: infra (learned)

Preposition

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īnfrā (+ accusative)

  1. below

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References

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  • infra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • infra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to feel superior to the affairs of life: res humanas infra se positas arbitrari
    • to consider a thing beneath one's dignity: aliquid infra se ducere or infra se positum arbitrari
    • as I said above: ut supra (opp. infra) diximus, dictum est