infraction

See also: infarction

English

Etymology

From Middle French infraction, from Latin infractio, from infractum, past participle of infringere, from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɹakʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈfɹækʃən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ækʃən

Noun

infraction (plural infractions)

1. (law) A minor offence, petty crime.

   Even stealing a pack of gum is an infraction in the eyes of the law.

2. A violation; breach.
3. (ice hockey) A major violation of rules which leads to a penalty, if detected by the referee.

Derived terms

• neutral-zone infraction

Related terms

• infringe
• infringement

Translations

petty crime

• Arabic: مُخَالَفَة f (muḵālafa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 违规 (zh) (wéiguī)

• Finnish: rike (fi), rikkomus (fi)
• German: Übertretung f, Ordnungswidrigkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: szabálysértés (hu), kihágás (hu), vétség (hu)
• Polish: wykroczenie (pl) n, naruszenie prawa n
• Portuguese: infração (pt) f
• Russian: наруше́ние (ru) (narušénije)
• Ukrainian: інфракція f (infrakcija), порушення n (porušennja)

violation

• Bulgarian: нарушение (bg) n (narušenie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 违规 (zh) (wéiguī)

• Finnish: rikkominen (fi)
• German: Gesetzesverstoß (de) f, Regelverstoß (de)
• Hungarian: megsértés (hu), megszegés (hu), áthágás (hu), vétség (hu)
• Korean: 위반 (ko) (wiban)

ice-hockey term

• Bulgarian: препречване n (preprečvane)
• Finnish: rike (fi)

See also

• infarction

Further reading

• “infraction”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “infraction”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “infraction”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• infarction

French

Etymology

From Latin īnfractiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.fʁak.sjɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

infraction f (plural infractions)

1. offense (US), departure
2. infringement, infraction

Descendants

• → Romanian: infracțiune

Further reading

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