injure

English

Etymology

Aback-formationfrominjury,fromAnglo-Normaninjurie,fromLatininiūria(“injustice; wrong; offense”),fromin-(“not”)+iūs, iūris(“right, law”).

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈɪn.dʒə/

• Audio(US):

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• Rhymes:-ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Verb

injure(third-person singular simple presentinjures,present participleinjuring,simple past and past participleinjured)

1. (transitive)To wound or causephysicalharm to a livingcreature.

   The rugby team's star player gotinjuredin a violent collision.

   I injured myankleplaying tennis.

2. (transitive)To damage or impair.
3. (transitive)To doinjusticeto.

Synonyms

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• harm
• damage
• hurt
• disfigure
• wound
• mar
• impair

Antonyms

• praise
• help
• preserve
• benefit

Derived terms

• self-injure

Related terms

• injurious
• injury

Translations

to wound or cause physical harm

• Arabic:جَرَحَ(ar)(jaraḥa)
• Azerbaijani:yaralamaq(az),xəsarət gətirmək
• Belarusian:ра́ніцьimpforpf(ránicʹ),пара́ніцьpf(paránicʹ)
• Bikol Central:uragan(bcl)
• Bulgarian:раня́вам(bg)impf(ranjávam),раня́pf(ranjá)
• Catalan:ferir(ca),danyar(ca)
• Cherokee:ᎠᏐᏅᏍᎦ(asonvsga)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Thương tổn／Thương tổn(zh)(shānghài),Tổn thương／Tổn thương(zh)(sǔnshāng)

• Czech:zraňovatimpf,ranitpf,zranit(cs)pf,poranitpf
• Danish:såre
• Dutch:kwetsen(nl),blesseren(nl)
• Esperanto:vundi
• Finnish:vahingoittaa(fi),haavoittaa(fi)
• French:blesser(fr)

  Old French:blechier

• Friulian:ferî
• Galician:ferir(gl),mancar(gl)
• German:verletzen(de)
• Gothic:𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽(agljan)
• Greek:τραυματίζω(el)(travmatízo)

  Ancient:τιτρώσκω(titrṓskō),τραυματίζω(traumatízō),βλάπτω(bláptō)

• Haitian Creole:blese
• Hungarian:megsebesít(hu),megsebez(hu)
• Icelandic:slasa(is),særa
• Ingrian:verestää
• Irish:déan díobháil,díobháil,leon(ga),gortaigh
• Italian:ferire(it),danneggiare(it)
• Japanese:Đau める(ja)(いためる, itameru),Thương phó ける(きずつける, kizutsukeru)
• Korean:해치다(ko)(haechida)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:birîndar kirin(ku)

• Latin:noceo(la)
• Macedonian:рануваimpf(ranuva),раниpf(rani)
• Norwegian:skade(no),såre
• Old English:wierdan
• Ottoman Turkish:یارهلامق(yaralamak)
• Polish:ranić(pl)impf,zranić(pl)pf
• Portuguese:ferir(pt),machucar(pt)
• Russian:ра́нить(ru)impforpf(ránitʹ),пора́нить(ru)pf(poránitʹ)
• Sanskrit:द्रुह्यति(sa)(druhyati),हिनस्ति(sa)(hinasti)
• Sardinian:fèrrere
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:ра̏нитиpf

  Roman:rȁniti(sh)pf

• Sicilian:firiri(scn)
• Slovak:zraňovaťimpf,raniťpf,zraniťpf,poraniťpf
• Slovene:ranitipf
• Spanish:herir(es),ferir(es),lastimar(es)
• Swahili:-jeruhi(sw)
• Swedish:skada(sv)
• Ukrainian:ра́нитиimpforpf(rányty),пора́нитиpf(porányty),зра́нитиpf(zrányty)
• Welsh:anafu(cy),niweidio(cy),brifo(cy)

to cause damage or impair

• Azerbaijani:zərər vurmaq
• Bikol Central:uragan(bcl)
• Bulgarian:разва́лям(bg)impf(razváljam),повре́ждам(bg)impf(povréždam)
• Finnish:vahingoittaa(fi)
• French:blesser(fr)
• German:verletzen(de)
• Maori:whakakino,tunuhuruhuru
• Oromo:hubuu
• Russian:повреди́ть(ru)pf(povredítʹ)
• Spanish:injuriar(es)
• Swedish:skada(sv)

to do injustice to

• Bulgarian:оби́ждам(bg)impf(obíždam),оскърбя́вам(bg)impf(oskǎrbjávam)
• Finnish:ollaepäoikeudenmukainen,loukata(fi)
• Maori:tunuhuruhuru
• Norwegian:skade(no)
• Russian:обижа́ть(ru)impf(obižátʹ),оби́деть(ru)pf(obídetʹ)
• Spanish:injuriar(es)

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French

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Frenchinjurie,borrowed fromLatininjuria,iniūria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛ̃.ʒyʁ/

• Audio:

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Noun

injuref(pluralinjures)

1. offense,insult

Related terms

• injurier
• injurieux
  • injurieusement

Further reading

• “injure”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Latin

Adjective

injūre

1. vocativemasculinesingularofinjūrus