infra

See also: infra-

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.fɹə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin infra (“below”)

Adverb

infra (not comparable)

1. (law) Discussed later.

Antonyms

• supra

Derived terms

• infra dig

Etymology 2

Noun

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, and Lakhmi C. Jain, editor, Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, DOI:10.1007/11552413_123, 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, and J. Peura, “BIM practices and challenges framed – an approach to systemic change management”, in Gudni Gudnason and Raimar Scherer, editor, 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 and Eunmi Choi, “Mobile Cloud Computing Architectural Design Taxonomy toward the ‘Cloud Computing in Hand’ Era”, in Young-Sik Jeong et al., editor, Ubiquitous Information Technologies and Applications, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, DOI:10.1007/978-3-642-41671-2_66, 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, “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.)

Anagrams

• Frain, Irfan, frain

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

infra

1. (informal) infra (infrastructure)

Declension

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 infrainrare
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
instructive		—	infroin
abessive		infratta	infroitta
comitative		—	infroineen

Possessive forms of infra (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	infrani	inframme
2nd person	infrasi	infranne
3rd person	infransa

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Istriot

Preposition

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,

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Italian

Adverb

infra

1. Only used in vedi infra

Anagrams

• frani

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Latin

Etymology

Adverb contracted from the ablative īnferā (parte), of īnferus. Compare Faliscan infra, Oscan huntrus, Umbrian hondra.

Pronunciation

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

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.fra/, [ˈiɱfrä]

Adverb

īnfrā (not comparable)

1. below

Antonyms

• suprā

Preposition

īnfrā (+ accusative)

1. below

Antonyms

• suprā

Descendants

• English: infra-
• French: infra-
• Friulian: fra
• Italian: fra, infra-
• Venetian: infra

References

• “infra”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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^[2], 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
    

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French

Adverb

infra

1. infra

Noun

infra m (plural infras)

1. infra (infrastructure)

Further reading

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