different between infractor vs infraction

English

Etymology

Compare French infracteur.

Noun

infractor (plural infractors)

1. One who infracts or infringes; a violator; a breaker.

Portuguese

Noun

infractor m (plural infractores, feminine infractora, feminine plural infractoras)

1. Superseded spelling of infrator. (superseded in Brazil by the 1943 spelling reform and by the Orthographic Agreement of 1990 elsewhere. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and as an alternative spelling in Portugal.)

Romanian

Etymology

From French infracteur

Noun

infractor m (plural infractori)

1. felon

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inf?a??to?/, [??.f?a???t?o?]

Adjective

infractor (feminine infractora, masculine plural infractores, feminine plural infractoras)

1. infracting, offending

Noun

infractor m (plural infractores, feminine infractora, feminine plural infractoras)

1. infractor

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): /?n?f?ak??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?f?æk??n/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Noun

infraction (plural infractions)

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

Related terms

• infringe
• infringement

Translations

See also

• infarction

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• infarction

French

Etymology

From Latin infractio

Pronunciation

Noun

infraction f (plural infractions)

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

Descendants

• ? Romanian: infrac?iune

Further reading

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