injure

English

Etymology

A back-formation from injury, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”).

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dʒə/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪndʒə(ɹ)

Verb

injure (third-person singular simple present injures, present participle injuring, simple past and past participle injured)

  1. (transitive) To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
    The rugby team's star player got injured in a violent collision.
    I injured my ankle playing tennis.
  2. (transitive) To damage or impair.
  3. (transitive) To do injustice to.

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French

Etymology

From Old French injurie, borrowed from Latin injuria, iniūria.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ʒyʁ/
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Noun

injure f (plural injures)

  1. offense, insult

Further reading

Latin

Adjective

injūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of injūrus
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