infame

== English == === Etymology === From Latin īnfāmāre, from īnfāmis (“infamous”): compare French infamer, Italian infamare. See infamous. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪnˈfeɪm/ Homophone: enfame (one pronunciation) === Verb === infame (third-person singular simple present infames, present participle infaming, simple past and past participle infamed) (transitive, obsolete) To defame; to make infamous. ==== Related terms ==== osculum infame === References === “infame”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === Famine, famine, imafen == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [iɱˈfa.mə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [iɱˈfa.me] === Adjective === infame m or f (masculine and feminine plural infames) infamous ==== Derived terms ==== infamement ==== Related terms ==== infàmia fama == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: infament, infames === Verb === infame inflection of infamer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Galician == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin īnfāmis. === Adjective === infame m or f (plural infames) infamous ==== Related terms ==== infamia == German == === Pronunciation === === Adjective === infame inflection of infam: strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular strong nominative/accusative plural weak nominative all-gender singular weak accusative feminine/neuter singular == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈfa.me/ Rhymes: -ame Hyphenation: in‧fà‧me === Adjective === infame m or f by sense (plural infami) infamous vile Synonyms: cattivo, meschino, vile (colloquial, figurative) awful, dreadful Synonym: pessimo un tempo infame ― awful weather === Noun === infame m or f by sense (plural infami) villain, scoundrel snitch, rat, informant or informer, traitor, turncoat ==== Related terms ==== infamia fama == Latin == === Adjective === īnfāme nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of īnfāmis == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: in‧fa‧me === Adjective === infame m or f (plural infames) infamous ==== Derived terms ==== infamemente ==== Related terms ==== infâmia === Further reading === “infame”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin īnfāmis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /inˈfame/ [ĩɱˈfa.me] Rhymes: -ame Syllabification: in‧fa‧me === Adjective === infame m or f (masculine and feminine plural infames) awful, dreadful infamous, vile, wicked ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Verb === infame inflection of infamar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “infame”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025