infame

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See also: infâme and infamé

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin īnfāmāre, from īnfāmis (infamous): compare French infamer, Italian infamare. See infamous.

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infame (third-person singular simple present infames, present participle infaming, simple past and past participle infamed)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) To defame; to make infamous.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis.

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Adjective[edit]

infame m or f (masculine and feminine plural infames)

  1. infamous

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French[edit]

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infame

  1. inflection of infamer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis.

Adjective[edit]

infame m or f (plural infames)

  1. infamous

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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infame

  1. inflection of infam:
    1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. strong nominative/accusative plural
    3. weak nominative all-gender singular
    4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /inˈfa.me/
  • Rhymes: -ame
  • Hyphenation: in‧fà‧me

Adjective[edit]

infame (plural infami)

  1. infamous
  2. vile
    Synonyms: cattivo, meschino, vile
  3. (colloquial, figurative) awful, dreadful
    Synonym: pessimo
    un tempo infameawful weather

Noun[edit]

infame m (plural infami, feminine infame)

  1. villain, scoundrel
  2. snitch, rat, informant or informer, traitor, turncoat

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Latin[edit]

Adjective[edit]

īnfāme

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of īnfāmis

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis.

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

  • Hyphenation: in‧fa‧me

Adjective[edit]

infame m or f (plural infames)

  1. infamous

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Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis.

Adjective[edit]

infame m or f (masculine and feminine plural infames)

  1. awful, dreadful
  2. infamous, vile, wicked

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Verb[edit]

infame

  1. inflection of infamar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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