lost

See also: łöst and løst

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lŏst, IPA^(key): /lɒst/
• (US) enPR: lôst, IPA^(key): /lɔst/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: läst, IPA^(key): /lɑst/

• Audio (CA)

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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. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.

   The children were soon lost in the forest.

2. In an unknown location; unable to be found.

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

3. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.

   an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd

4. Parted with; no longer held or possessed.

   a lost limb; lost honour

5. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.

   a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit

6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.

   a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul

7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.

   lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour

8. Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.

   to be lost in thought

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

• Armenian: կորած (korac), մոլորված (molorvac)
• Asturian: perdíu
• Catalan: perdut
• Cherokee: ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ (ulenahidv)
• Finnish: eksynyt, eksyksissä
• Galician: perdido
• German: verirrt
• Greek: χαμένος (el) (chaménos)
• Hebrew: אבוד (he) m (a'vud)
• Irish: ar strae
• Italian: perso (it)

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

unavailable

• Armenian: անհասանելի (anhasaneli)
• Finnish: poissa

• Maori: ngaro
• Russian: недоступный (ru) (nedostúpnyj)

with location unknown

• Armenian: կորուսյալ (korusyal)
• Finnish: kadonnut, kadoksissa
• French: perdu (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: verschollen (de), verloren (de)

• Greek: χαμένος (el) (chaménos)
• Irish: caillte
• Maori: ngaro
• Persian: مفقود (fa) (mafqud)
• Russian: потерянный (ru) (potérjannyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 失去, ^{(please verify)} 丢失
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} tabt
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verloren (nl), ^{(please verify)} verdwaald (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} perdu (fr)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დაკარგული (dakarguli)
• German: ^{(please verify)} verloren (de)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kehilangan (id), ^{(please verify)} kalah (id)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} caillte, ^{(please verify)} easpach

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} perso (it)
• Japanese: 失った (うしなった, ushinatta), 負けた (まけた, maketa)
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 잃다 (yi-reot-da)
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} zagubiony m, ^{(please verify)} zagubiona m, ^{(please verify)} zgubiony m, ^{(please verify)} zgubiona f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pierdut (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} caillte
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} 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

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• Rhymes: -ɔst

Verb

lost

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

Adjective

lost

1. Superlative form of los

Anagrams

• slot, stol

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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.