infect
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of inficiō (“dye, taint”).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
infect (third-person singular simple present infects, present participle infecting, simple past and past participle infected)
- (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
- Not everyone will be infected when an epidemic strikes.
- 2013 May-June, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 193:
- Bats host many high-profile viruses that can infect humans, including severe acute respiratory syndrome and Ebola.
- (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
- (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion, or to communicate a feeling to others, or a feeling communicating itself to others.
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 2, page 164:
- Guido, by way of diverting the embarrassment which seemed to infect them all, began to unfasten the packet of letters.
- Her passion for dancing has infected me.
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TranslationsEdit
to bring into contact with a substance that causes illness
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to make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion
AdjectiveEdit
infect (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Infected.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I. iii. 187:
- And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, I. iii. 187:
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
infect (feminine singular infecte, masculine plural infects, feminine plural infectes)
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DescendantsEdit
- → Romanian: infect
Further readingEdit
- “infect”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French infect, from Latin infectus.
AdjectiveEdit
infect m or n (feminine singular infectă, masculine plural infecți, feminine and neuter plural infecte)
- revolting, disgusting (about smells)
- vile, loathsome (about humans)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of infect
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | infect | infectă | infecți | infecte | ||
| definite | infectul | infecta | infecții | infectele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | infect | infecte | infecți | infecte | ||
| definite | infectului | infectei | infecților | infectelor | |||