infamia

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See also: infàmia, infâmia, and infamią

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmia (infamy), from īnfāmis (infamous), from in- (not) + fāma (fame, renown).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfa.mja/
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Hyphenation: in‧fà‧mia

Noun

infamia f (plural infamie)

  1. infamy

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From īnfāmis (infamous), from in- (not) + fāma (fame, renown).

Pronunciation

Noun

īnfāmia f (genitive īnfāmiae); first declension

  1. bad reputation or repute, ill fame, dishonor, disgrace, infamy, reproach

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative īnfāmia īnfāmiae
genitive īnfāmiae īnfāmiārum
dative īnfāmiae īnfāmiīs
accusative īnfāmiam īnfāmiās
ablative īnfāmiā īnfāmiīs
vocative īnfāmia īnfāmiae

Descendants

References

  • infamia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • infamia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infamia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • infamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to damage a person's character, bring him into bad odour: infamiam alicui inferre, aspergere
    • to incur ignominy: infamiam concipere, subire, sibi conflare
  • infamia”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • infamia”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Polish

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfāmia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfa.mja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Syllabification: in‧fa‧mia

Noun

infamia f

  1. (dated) infamy (state of being infamous)
    Synonyms: hańba, niesława, sromota
  2. (law, historical) infamy (stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness)

Declension

Further reading

  • infamia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • infamia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfāmia (infamy).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /inˈfamja/
  • Rhymes: -amja
  • Syllabification: in‧fa‧mia

Noun

infamia f (plural infamias)

  1. infamy

Derived terms

Further reading