detrimental

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin *detrimentalis, from Latin detrimentum (“harm”), from deterere (“to rub off, wear”), from de- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub or grab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəɫ]

Adjective

detrimental (comparative more detrimental, superlative most detrimental)

1. Causing damage or harm.

   Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.

Synonyms

• (causing damage or harm): harmful, injurious; see also Wikisaurus:harmful

Antonyms

• (causing damage or harm): beneficial

Related terms

• detriment

Translations

causing damage or harm

• Arabic: ضار (ar) (ḍārr)
• Bulgarian: вреден (bg) (vreden), увреждащ (bg) (uvreždašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有害的 (cmn) (yǒuhài de)

• Danish: skadelig (da)
• Dutch: schadelijk (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: vahingollinen (fi), haitallinen (fi)
• French: nuisible (fr), néfaste (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: schädlich (de), abträglich (de)

• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: ártalmas (hu)
• Italian: dannoso (it)
• Japanese: 害する (ja) (がいする, gai suru), 損なう (ja) (そこなう, sokonau), 有害な (ja) (ゆうがいな, yūgai na)
• Korean: 해로운 (ko) (haeroun)
• Norwegian: skadelig (no)
• Portuguese: danoso (pt), prejudicial (pt)
• Romanian: dăunător (ro), vătămător (ro)
• Russian: вредный (ru) (vrédnyj), вредоносный (ru) (vredonósnyj)
• Spanish: dañino (es)
• Turkish: zararlı (tr)

External links

• detrimental in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• detrimental in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911