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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)
- infamy
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From īnfāmis (“infamous”), from in- (“not”) + fāma (“fame, renown”).
Pronunciation
Noun
īnfāmia f (genitive īnfāmiae); first declension
- bad reputation or repute, ill fame, dishonor, disgrace, infamy, reproach
Declension
First-declension noun.
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
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin īnfāmia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /inˈfa.mja/
- Rhymes: -amja
- Syllabification: in‧fa‧mia
Noun
infamia f
- (dated) infamy (state of being infamous)
- Synonyms: hańba, niesława, sromota
- (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)
- infamy
Derived terms
Further reading