infrastructure

Borrowed from French infrastructure, equivalent to infra- +‎ structure.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌk(t)ʃɚ/

infrastructure (countable and uncountable, plural infrastructures)

1. (systems theory) An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system. [from 1887]

   Synonym: underbuilding

   Hyponym: Common Language Infrastructure

   The infrastructure of parasitic tyranny depends on secrecy in order to be effective.

2. The basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society.
   • 2015, John Oliver, “Infrastructure”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 2, episode 4, written by Tim Carvell; Josh Gondelman; Dan Gurewitch; Jeff Maurer; Ben Silva; Will Tracy; Jill Twiss; Seena Vali; Julie Weiner, HBO, Warner Bros. Television:

     Infrastructure: It's our roads, bridges, dams, levees, airports, power grids... basically, anything that can be destroyed in an action movie... The problem is, though, when our infrastructure is not being destroyed by robots and/or saved by Bruce Willis we tend to find it a bit boring.

• infrastructure on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From infra- +‎ structure.

infrastructure f (plural infrastructures)

1. infrastructure (an underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system) [from 1875]

• “infrastructure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).