different between infect vs infectable

English

Etymology

From Middle French infect, from Latin infectus, perfect passive participle of infici? (“dye, taint”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

infect (third-person singular simple present infects, present participle infecting, simple past and past participle infected)

1. (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.
2. (transitive) To contaminate (an object or substance) with a pathogen.
3. (transitive) To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.

Antonyms

• disinfect

Derived terms

• infection
• infectible

Related terms

• infectious

Translations

Adjective

infect (not comparable)

1. (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.

Anagrams

• netfic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infectus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.f?kt/

Adjective

infect (feminine singular infecte, masculine plural infects, feminine plural infectes)

1. vile, loathsome
2. revolting, disgusting

Synonyms

• répugnant, dégueulasse, immonde

Descendants

• ? Romanian: infect

Further reading

• “infect” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French infect, from Latin infectus.

Adjective

infect m or n (feminine singular infect?, masculine plural infec?i, feminine and neuter plural infecte)

1. revolting, disgusting (about smells)
2. vile, loathsome (about humans)

Declension

English

Etymology

infect +? -able

Adjective

infectable (comparative more infectable, superlative most infectable)

1. Able to infect or to become infected

   Synonym: infectible

Further reading

• infectible, infectable at Google Ngram Viewer