detrimental

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛtɹɪˈmɛntəl/

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: ضَارّ‏‎ (ḍārr)
• Armenian: վնասակար (hy) (vnasakar), վնասաբեր (hy) (vnasaber)
• Bengali: ক্ষতিকারক (kkhtikarôk), ক্ষতিকর (kkhtikôr)
• Bulgarian: вреден (bg) (vreden), увреждащ (bg) (uvreždašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有害的 (zh) (yǒuhài de)

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

• Hungarian: ártalmas (hu), káros (hu)
• Irish: aimhleasach, díobhálach, dochrach
• Italian: dannoso (it), lesivo (it)
• Japanese: 害する (ja) (がいする, gai suru), 損なう (そこなう, sokonau), 有害な (ja) (ゆうがいな, yūgai na)
• Korean: 해로운 (ko) (haeroun)
• Lithuanian: nuostolingas
• Norwegian: skadelig (no)
• Portuguese: danoso (pt), prejudicial (pt)
• Romanian: dăunător (ro), vătămător (ro)
• Russian: вре́дный (ru) (vrédnyj), вредоно́сный (ru) (vredonósnyj)
• Spanish: dañino (es)
• Swedish: skadlig (sv)
• Turkish: zararlı (tr)

Further reading

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