injure

EnglishEdit

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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/
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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.

SynonymsEdit

mar
impair

AntonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

to wound or cause physical harm

Arabic: جَرَحَ‎ (ar) (jaraḥa)
Catalan: ferir (ca)
Czech: zranit (cs)
Finnish: vahingoittaa (fi), haavoittaa (fi)
French: blesser (fr)
Old French: blechier
Friulian: ferî
Galician: ferir (gl)
German: verletzen (de)
Greek:
Ancient Greek: τιτρώσκω (titrṓskō), τραυματίζω (traumatízō), βλάπτω (bláptō)
Icelandic: slasa (is)
Irish: déan díobháil, díobháil, leon (ga), gortaigh

Italian: ferire (it)
Kurdish: birîndar kirin‎ (ku) (birîndar kirin)
Latin: nocere (la)
Norwegian: skade (no), såre
Polish: ranić (pl)
Portuguese: ferir (pt), machucar (pt)
Russian: ра́нить (ru) (ránitʹ)
Sardinian: fèrrere
Sicilian: firiri (scn)
Spanish: herir (es)
Swahili: -jeruhi (sw)
Swedish: skada (sv)
Welsh: anafu (cy), niweidio (cy), brifo (cy)

to cause damage or impair

Finnish: vahingoittaa (fi)
French: blesser (fr)
German: verletzen (de)

Maori: whakakino, tunuhuruhuru
Russian: повреди́ть (ru) (povredítʹ)
Swedish: skada (sv)

to do injustice to

Finnish: olla epäoikeudenmukainen, loukata (fi)
Maori: tunuhuruhuru

Norwegian: skade (no)

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Translations to be checked

Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} leòn, ^{(please verify)} ciùrr, ^{(please verify)} sàraich, ^{(please verify)} mill
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} lastimar (es)