infrastructure
/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ · noun
Meaning
- An underlying base or foundation for a building, organization, or system.
- The facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
Etymology / origin
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
- infrastructure(French)→
- infrastructure (English)
- Relations: bor
Related words
Descendant words
- infrastruktúra(Hungarian) (bor)
- インフラストラクチャー(Japanese) (bor)
- 인프라(Korean) (der)
- infrastruktur(Malay) (bor)
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