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^(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)
• Bulgarian: вреден (bg) ‎(vreden), увреждащ (bg) ‎(uvreždašt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有害的 (zh) ‎(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: საზიანო ‎(saziano)
• 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 ‎(そこなう, sokonau), 有害な (ja) ‎(ゆうがいな, yūgai na)
• Korean: 해로운 (ko) ‎(haeroun)
• Norwegian: skadelig
• 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)

External links

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