🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기반 시설

Pronunciation / Transliteration: giban siseol

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Infrastructure/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃɚ/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
Full Thesaurus
🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"도시의 교통 기반 시설이 잘 되어 있다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities (e.g., buildings, roads, power supplies) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise.

    "The government plans to invest heavily in the country's transport infrastructure."

Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from French in the mid-20th century, combining the Latin prefix 'infra-' (meaning 'below' or 'beneath') with the English word 'structure'. Originally used in military contexts to denote the underlying installations and facilities needed for a military force, its meaning expanded broadly to civilian economic and social systems.

Quick Vocabulary Retention Check

Which of the following is the closest synonym for "Infrastructure"?

Thesaurus & Synonyms Graph

Explore Nuanced Synonyms for "Infrastructure"

Discover exact matches, context-specific alternatives, and antonyms with intensity ratings in the VocabDictionary Thesaurus.

View "Infrastructure" Synonym Map