infrastructure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- +‎ structure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌk(t)ʃɚ/

Noun

infrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural infrastructures)

1. (systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. [from 1887]

   Synonym: underbuilding

   Hyponym: Common Language Infrastructure

   The infrastructure of parasitic tyranny depends on secrecy in order to be effective.

2. The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
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Translations

underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system

• Armenian: ենթակառույց (hy) (entʻakaṙuycʻ)
• Catalan: infraestructura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基礎設施／基础设施 (zh) (jīchǔ shèshī), 基础设施 (zh) (jīchǔ shèshī)

• Czech: infrastruktura f
• Estonian: taristu, infrastruktuur
• Finnish: infrastruktuuri (fi)
• French: infrastructure (fr) f
• German: Infrastruktur (de) f
• Greek: υποδομή (el) f (ypodomí)
• Hindi: अवसंरचना f (avsanracnā)
• Hungarian: infrastruktúra (hu)
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• Irish: infreastruchtúr m, bonneagar m
• Italian: infrastruttura (it) f
• Japanese: インフラストラクチャ (infurasutorakucha), インフラ (ja) (infura)
• Korean: 기반 시설 (giban siseol) (基盤施設), 기간 시설 (gigan siseol) (基幹施設), 인프라스트럭처 (inpeuraseuteureokcheo), 인프라 (inpeura)
• Persian: زیرساخت (fa) (zirsâxt)
• Portuguese: infraestructura f
• Romanian: infrastructură (ro) f
• Russian: инфраструкту́ра (ru) f (infrastruktúra)
• Sanskrit: अवसंरचना f (avasaṃracanā)
• Spanish: infraestructura f
• Swedish: infrastruktur (sv) c
• Tagalog: imprastruktura, imprastraktura suludkayarian
• Thai: โครงสร้างพื้นฐาน (kroong-sâang-pʉ́ʉn-tǎan)

basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society

• Armenian: ենթակառույց (hy) (entʻakaṙuycʻ), ենթակառուցվածք (hy) (entʻakaṙucʻvackʻ)
• Catalan: infraestructura (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 基礎設施／基础设施 (zh) (jīchǔ shèshī), 基础设施 (zh) (jīchǔ shèshī), 基建 (zh) (jījiàn)

• Czech: infrastruktura f
• Estonian: taristu, infrastruktuur
• Finnish: infrastruktuuri (fi)
• German: Infrastruktur (de) f
• Greek: υποδομή (el) f (ypodomí)
• Indonesian: infrastruktur (id), prasarana (id)
• Italian: infrastruttura (it) f
• Japanese: インフラストラクチャ (infurasutorakucha), インフラ (ja) (infura)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 인프라 (inpeura)
• Persian: زیرساخت (fa) (zirsâxt)
• Portuguese: infraestructura f
• Romanian: infrastructură (ro)
• Russian: инфраструкту́ра (ru) f (infrastruktúra)
• Spanish: infraestructura f
• Swedish: infrastruktur (sv) c
• Tagalog: imprastruktura, imprastraktura, suludkayarian
• Tamil: (kattumaana vasadhigal)
• Telugu: అవస్థాపన సౌకర్యాలు (avasthāpana saukaryālu)
• Vietnamese: cơ sở hạ tầng (vi)

Further reading

• infrastructure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From infra- +‎ structure.

Noun

infrastructure f (plural infrastructures)

1. infrastructure (an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) [from 1875]

Further reading

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