injure
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪndʒɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪndʒə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)
VerbEdit
injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)
- (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
- (transitive) To damage or impair.
- (transitive) To do injustice to.
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TranslationsEdit
to wound or cause physical harm
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to cause damage or impair
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to do injustice to
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, iniūria.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
injure f (plural injures)
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ReferencesEdit
“injure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
LatinEdit
AdjectiveEdit
injūre