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infrastructure en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹakt͡ʃə/ (Australia)
/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹɐkt͡ʃə/ (Australia)
(Texas) audio
/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/ (Canada, General-American)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
- The parasitic tyranny's infrastructure depends on secrecy in order to be effective.
- Near-synonyms: understructure, underpinnings, underbuilding, underframework
(countable, uncountable) The facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
- Meronyms: (literally, large objects and portions thereof) structures, substructures, understructures, superstructures
- If we don't spend money to maintain our infrastructure, such as roads, bridges, water mains, sewers, and electrical grids, then it will begin to fail us.
- Infrastructure: It's our roads, bridges, dams, levees, airports, power grids... basically, anything that can be destroyed in an action movie... The problem is, though, when our infrastructure is not being destroyed by robots and/or saved by Bruce Willis we tend to find it a bit boring. 2015, Tim Carvell [et al.], “Infrastructure”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 4, John Oliver (actor), Warner Bros. Television, via HBO:
- About $7.4 billion will be allocated to states, tribes and territories for 2022 – the first-year allotment of nearly $44 billion in total SRF funding over the next five years from the infrastructure law, according to an EPA fact sheet. 2021 December 2, Liz Stark, “EPA urges states to target billions in new water infrastructure funding to historically underserved communities”, in CNN, archived from the original on 18 Jun 2022:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
infrastructures	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Translations (130)

ta கட்டமைப்பு (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · sq infrastrukturë (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · sa अवसंरचना (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · tl imprastruktura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · el υποδομή (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · bn পরিকাঠামো (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · et infrastruktuur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ko 기반시설 (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · tl imprastraktura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · it infrastruttura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · mi tūāhanga (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ko 인프라 (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ko 인프라 (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ka ინფრასტრუქტურა (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · da infrastruktur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · crh инфраструктура (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ca infraestructura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · cmn 基礎設施 /基础设施 (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · kk инфрақұрылым (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · be інфраструкту́ра (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · cmn 基礎設施 /基础设施 (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · et infrastruktuur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · hy ենթակառույց (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ro infrastructură (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · uk інфраструкту́ра (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · hi अवसंरचना (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · eu azpiegitura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · he תַּשְׁתִּית (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · nb infrastruktur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ko 인프라스트럭처 (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · cs infrastruktura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ru инфраструкту́ра (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · tl suludkayarian (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · it infrastruttura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · eo substrukturo (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ms infrastruktur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · tr enfrastrüktür (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · bg инфраструкту́ра (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · hy ենթակառույց (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · za sezsih giekdaej (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ar بِنْيَة تَحْتِيَّة (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · id infrastruktur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · hu infrastruktúra (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · sv infrastruktur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · pl infrastruktura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · vi cơ sở hạ tầng (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · sk infraštruktúra (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · mk инфраструкту́ра (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · nb infrastruktur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · fa زیرساخت (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · lv infrastruktūra (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · uz infratuzilma (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ja インフラ (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · nl infrastructuur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · az infrastruktur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · lt infrastruktūra (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · uk інфраструкту́ра (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ko 기반시설 (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ru инфраструкту́ра (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · is innviðir (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ga bonneagar (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ko 인프라스트럭처 (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · za sezsih giekdaej (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · hy ենթակառուցվածք (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · tk infrastruktura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · uz infrastruktura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ur ساخت زیریں (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · sh infrastruktúra (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · de Infrastruktur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ur بنیادی ڈھانچہ (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · hi अवसंरचना (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · eo substrukturo (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · mk инфраструктура (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · id prasarana (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ky инфраструктура (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · te అవస్థాపన సౌకర్యాలు (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · hu infrastruktúra (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · es infraestructura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · he תַּשְׁתִּית (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · crh infrastrüktura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · fi infrastruktuuri (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ur ہیکل اساسی (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ja インフラ (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · pt infraestrutura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · la īnfrastrūctūra (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ro infrastructură (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ga infreastruchtúr (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · bg инфраструкту́ра (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · fi infrastruktuuri (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · mi tūāhanga (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · nl infrastructuur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ja インフラストラクチャ (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · tr enfrastrüktür (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · oc infrastructura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · pt infraestrutura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · sh инфраструкту́ра (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · fa زیرساخت (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · la īnfrastrūctūra (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · id infrastruktur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · tl imprastruktura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · tl imprastraktura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · gl infraestrutura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · be інфраструкту́ра (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · fr infrastructure (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · cmn 基建 (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · sv infrastruktur (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ms infrastruktur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · el υποδομή (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · et taristu (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · gl infraestrutura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · da infrastruktur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · de Infrastruktur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ko 기간시설 (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · tl suludkayarian (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · th โครงสร้างพื้นฐาน (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ca infraestructura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · sl infrastruktura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ja インフラストラクチャ (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · ta உள்கட்டமைப்பு (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · pl infrastruktura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · bn পরিকাঠামো (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · tg инфраструктура (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · oc-pro infraestructura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · nn infrastruktur (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · et taristu (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · cs infrastruktura (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · ur بنیادی ڈھانچا (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · tr altyapı (basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society) · es infraestructura (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) · tr altyapı (underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system)

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