injury

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injury

/ˈɪn.d͡ʒə.ɹi/ UK
/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɹi/ UK
/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ.i/ US
/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɹi/ US
/ˈɪɲdʒʊri/ South Asia

Where it comes from

From Middle English injurie, from Anglo-Norman injurie, from Latin iniūria (“injustice; wrong; offense”), from in- (“not”) + iūs, iūris (“right, law”). Doublet of injuria.

noun injuries

countable, uncountable Damage to the body of a living thing. The passenger sustained a severe injury in the car accident.
Similar: trauma
countable, uncountable Other forms of damage sustained by a living thing, e.g. psychologically.
countable, uncountable The violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests. Slander is an injury to the character.
countable, uncountable Injustice.

Similar: injury, wound, scath, scathe, lesion, dere

verb injuries · injurying · injuried

obsolete, transitive To wrong, to injure. The best of us doth not so much feare to wrong him, as he doth to injurie his neighbour, his kinsman, or his master.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: trauma, hurt, harm, wound, accidental injury, combat injury, maiming, wounded, wounding, lesion, damage, tort, hurting, pain, wreck, suffering

noun

Similar: injury, wound, scath, scathe, lesion, dere

Translations

Every language

noun damage or violation

Español	herida, lesión, lastimadura, lisiadura
한국어	상해 sanghae, 부상 busang
日本語	傷害 shōgai, 負傷 fushō
中文	受傷 /受伤 shòushāng, 負傷 /负伤 fùshāng
हिन्दी	चोट coṭ, आघात āghāt, अपकार apkār
Kiswahili	afa, jiraha, jeraha
Português	ferida, lesão
Français	blessure
Deutsch	Verletzung, Wunde, Verwundung
Italiano	ferita, danno, lesione
Ελληνικά	ζημία zimía, τραυματισμός travmatismós
Română	rană
Русский	ра́на rána, тра́вма trávma, поврежде́ние povreždénije, ране́ние ranénije
Tiếng Việt	thương tích, thương tật
العربية	جُرْح jurḥ, إِصَابَة ʔiṣāba
עברית	פְּצִיעָה p'tsi'á, חַבָּלָה ẖabbalá

noun the violation of a person's reputation, rights, property, or interests

Español	injuria

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@misc{injury_2026,
  title = {injury},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/injury},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}