lost

See also łöst

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lŏst, IPA: /lɒst/, X-SAMPA: /lQst/
• (US) enPR: lôst, IPA: /lɔst/, X-SAMPA: /lOst/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: läst, IPA: /lɑst/, X-SAMPA: /lAst/

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• Rhymes: -ɒst

Verb

lost

1. simple past tense and past participle of lose

Derived terms

• long-lost
• no love lost

Adjective

lost (comparative loster or more lost, superlative lostest or most lost)

1. Unable to find one's way; unavailable, with location unknown.

   Because she was so far behind the pack, she got lost in the forest.

   Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.

Derived terms

Terms derived from lost (adjective)

get lost lost and found lost cause lost errand lost for words

lost generation lost in action lost property lost river lost sheep

Lost Tribes lost wages lost wax lost with all hands one who hesitates is lost

Translations

unable to find one's way

• Asturian: perdíu (ast)
• Catalan: perdut (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ (chr) (ulenahidv)
• Finnish: eksynyt (fi), eksyksissä (fi)
• Galician: perdido (gl)
• German: verirrt (de)
• Greek: χαμένος (el) (chaménos) 
• Hebrew: אבוד (he) (a'vud) m
• Irish: ar strae (ga)
• Italian: perso (it)

• Khmer: វង្វេង (km) (vʊəngveing)
• Malay: sesat (ms), hilang (ms)
• Maori: ngaro (mi)
• Mirandese: perdidoso
• Persian: مفقود (fa) (mafqud)
• Portuguese: perdido (pt)
• Romanian: pierdut (ro)
• Russian: заблудившийся (ru) (zabludívšijsja) 
• Sicilian: pirdutu (scn)
• Spanish: perdido (es)

unavailable

• Finnish: poissa (fi)
• Maori: ngaro (mi)

• Russian: недоступный (ru) (nedostúpnyj) 

with location unknown

• Finnish: kadonnut (fi), kadoksissa (fi)
• French: perdu (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: verschollen (de), verloren (de)
• Greek: χαμένος (el) (chaménos) 

• Irish: caillte (ga)
• Maori: ngaro (mi)
• Persian: مفقود (fa) (mafqud)
• Russian: потерянный (ru) (potérjannyj) 

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• Armenian: կորած (hy) (koraç) 
• Mandarin: 失去, 丢失
• Danish: tabt (da)
• Dutch: verloren (nl), verdwaald (nl)
• French: perdu (fr)
• German: verloren (de)
• Indonesian: kehilangan (id), kalah (id)
• Irish: caillte (ga)

• Italian: perso (it)
• Japanese: 失った (うしなった, ushinatta), 負けた (まけた, maketa)
• Korean: 잃었다 (ko) (yi-reot-da)
• Polish: zagubiony m , zagubiona m, zgubiony m, zgubiona f
• Romanian: pierdut (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: caillte (gd)
• Vietnamese: bị mất

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: friends · forth · fire · #379: lost · human · kept · business

Anagrams

• lots
• slot
• STOL

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔst

Verb

lost

1. second- and third-person singular present indicative of lossen
2. plural imperative of lossen

Adjective

lost

1. superlative form of los

Anagrams

• slot, stol

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /loːst/

Verb

lost

1. Second-person singular present of losen.
2. Third-person singular present of losen.
3. Second-person plural present of losen.
4. Imperative plural of losen.