English Online Dictionary. What means infrastructure? What does infrastructure mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- + structure.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃɚ/
Noun
infrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural infrastructures)
- (systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. [from 1887]
- Synonyms: underbuilding, underframework
- Hyponym: Common Language Infrastructure
- The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
Derived terms
- e-infrastructure
- non-infrastructure, noninfrastructure
Translations
Further reading
- infrastructure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
From infra- + structure.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fʁas.tʁyk.tyʁ/
Noun
infrastructure f (plural infrastructures)
- infrastructure (an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) [from 1875]
Further reading
- “infrastructure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.