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Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin *detrimental, from Latin detrimentum (“harm”), from deterere (“to rub off, wear”), from de- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub or grab”).
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Adjective[edit]
detrimental (comparative more detrimental, superlative most detrimental)
- Causing damage or harm.
- Smoking tobacco can be detrimental to your health.
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causing damage or harm
- Arabic: ضَارّ (ḍārr)
- Armenian: վնասակար (hy) (vnasakar), վնասաբեր (hy) (vnasaber)
- Azerbaijani: ziyanverici (az), zərərverici (az), zərərli, ziyanlı, ziyankar
- 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)
- Greek: επιβλαβής (el) (epivlavís)
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- Hebrew: מזיק (mazík)
- Hungarian: ártalmas (hu), káros (hu), kártékony (hu)
- Irish: aimhleasach, díobhálach, dochrach
- Italian: dannoso (it), lesivo (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)
- Lithuanian: nuostolingas
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: skadelig (no)
- Nynorsk: skadeleg
- 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)
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Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
detrimental (plural detrimentales)
- detrimental
