Dictionary

interfere en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌɪn.təˈfɪə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Old French entreferir, from entre- + ferir (“to hit, to strike”), itself from the Latin verb ferio.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
   • I’ve known ere now an interfering branch / Of alder catch my lifted axe behind me. / But that was in the woods, to hold my hand / From striking at another alder’s roots, / And that was, as I say, an alder branch. 1923 October, Robert Frost, “[Notes.] The Axe-helve.”, in New Hampshire […], New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 37:
   • I always try not to interfere with other people’s personal affairs.
2. (intransitive) Of waves, to be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed.
   • Where the radio-wave signals of the two radio stations interfere the listener hears nothing but noise.
   • Correlated waves interfere to produce interesting patterns, while uncorrelated waves overlap without interfering.
3. Of a horse, to strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle by using the legs.
4. (intransitive, with with) To sexually molest, especially of a child.
   • The investigation found the girls had been interfered with.

Forms

Deriveds

interferogram · interferant · interferingness · interferon · interferingly · uninterfered · small interfering RNA · interferase · interference · noninterfering · reinterfere · interferer · interferometer

Relateds

interferometry · busy body

Translations (78)

gl entremeter (get involved, causing disturbance) · fi hivuttaa (strike one foot against the opposite foot or ankle in using the legs) · cmn 妨礙 /妨碍 (get involved, causing disturbance) · ko 간섭하다 (get involved, causing disturbance) · fr perturber (get involved, causing disturbance) · ca interferir (get involved, causing disturbance) · de stören (get involved, causing disturbance) · bg наме́свам се (get involved, causing disturbance) · th แทรกแซง (get involved, causing disturbance) · es interferir (get involved, causing disturbance) · pl wtrącić się (get involved, causing disturbance) · fi häiritä (sexually molest) · es interferir (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · mi raweke (get involved, causing disturbance) · be умяша́цца (get involved, causing disturbance) · sk vmiešať sa (get involved, causing disturbance) · mi whawhe (get involved, causing disturbance) · bg интерфери́рам (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · fi interferoida (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · fr se mêler (de) (get involved, causing disturbance) · de sich einmischen (get involved, causing disturbance) · cmn 阻礙 /阻碍 (get involved, causing disturbance) · hu beleavatkozik (get involved, causing disturbance) · tr müdahale etmek (get involved, causing disturbance) · ru вме́шиваться (get involved, causing disturbance) · uk міша́ти (get involved, causing disturbance) · ja おせっかいをする (get involved, causing disturbance) · mi auwaha (get involved, causing disturbance) · mk се вмеша (get involved, causing disturbance) · tr araya girmek (get involved, causing disturbance) · tr karışmak (get involved, causing disturbance) · nan-hbl 阻礙 /阻碍 (get involved, causing disturbance) · mi hūrau (get involved, causing disturbance) · de eingreifen (get involved, causing disturbance) · uk уміша́тися (get involved, causing disturbance) · be уме́швацца (get involved, causing disturbance) · ru препя́тствовать (get involved, causing disturbance) · ja 干渉する (get involved, causing disturbance) · gl interferir (get involved, causing disturbance) · fr entraver (get involved, causing disturbance) · cs vmísit se (get involved, causing disturbance) · ko 방해하다 (get involved, causing disturbance) · uk перешкоджа́ти (get involved, causing disturbance) · gur dãampuuge (get involved, causing disturbance) · eo sin intermeti (get involved, causing disturbance) · pl wtrącać się (get involved, causing disturbance) · de kohärent überlagern (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · mk се вмешува (get involved, causing disturbance) · cmn 干預 (get involved, causing disturbance) · th จุ้นจ้าน (get involved, causing disturbance) · th ยุ่ง (get involved, causing disturbance) · sv lägga sig i (get involved, causing disturbance) · la interveniō (get involved, causing disturbance) · fi sotkeutua (get involved, causing disturbance) · de musterbildend gegenseitig beeinflussen (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · slr qarışğusı (get involved, causing disturbance) · ota یاپشمق (get involved, causing disturbance) · be перашкаджа́ць (get involved, causing disturbance) · ru интерфери́ровать (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · th ก้าวก่าย (get involved, causing disturbance) · bg наме́ся се (get involved, causing disturbance) · cs vměšovat se (get involved, causing disturbance) · fr interférer (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · tr el atmak (get involved, causing disturbance) · ja 妨げる (get involved, causing disturbance) · it impicciarsi (get involved, causing disturbance) · de interferieren (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · be мяша́ць (get involved, causing disturbance) · ota پرمقلمق (get involved, causing disturbance) · ca interferir (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · sv involvera (get involved, causing disturbance) · cmn 插手 (get involved, causing disturbance) · uk умі́шуватися (get involved, causing disturbance) · ru вмеша́ться (get involved, causing disturbance) · cmn 干擾 (get involved, causing disturbance) · gur dãampuuge (be correlated with each other when overlapped or superposed) · fi sekaantua (get involved, causing disturbance) · ru меша́ть (get involved, causing disturbance)