different between infract vs infringe

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f?ækt/

Etymology 1

Latin ?nfring?, past participle ?nfractus. See infringe.

Verb

infract (third-person singular simple present infracts, present participle infracting, simple past and past participle infracted)

1. (transitive) To infringe, violate or disobey (a rule).
2. (transitive) To break off.

Related terms

• infraction

See also

• infarct

Etymology 2

Latin ?nfractus, from in- (“not”) + fractus (“broken”), past participle of fring? (“break”).

Adjective

infract (not comparable)

1. Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.
   • 1612, George Chapman, Petrarch's Seven Penitential Psalams

     a mind infract

Anagrams

• frantic, infarct

English

Alternative forms

• enfringe (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin infringere (“to break off, break, bruise, weaken, destroy”), from in (“in”) + frangere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f??nd?/

Verb

infringe (third-person singular simple present infringes, present participle infringing, simple past and past participle infringed)

1. (transitive) Break or violate a treaty, a law, a right etc.
2. (intransitive) Break in or encroach on something.

Synonyms

(Break or violate a treaty, a law): transgress

Derived terms

• infringement
• infringer

Related terms

• infraction

Translations

Further reading

• infringe in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• infringe in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• infringe at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Infinger, enfiring, refining

Latin

Verb

?nfringe

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?nfring?

Portuguese

Verb

infringe

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of infringir
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of infringir

Spanish

Verb

infringe

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of infringir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of infringir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of infringir.