lost

See also: Lost, löst, løst, and łöst

English

Alternative forms

• los'
• loss

Etymology

From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• enPR: lŏst, IPA^(key): /lɒst/
• enPR: lôst, IPA^(key): /lɔːst/
• enPR: lôst, IPA^(key): /lɔst/
• enPR: läst, IPA^(key): /lɑst/

• Audio (CA):

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• Audio (US):

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• Audio (UK):

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• Rhymes: -ɒst, -ɔːst

Verb

lost

1. simple past 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 to the world
• Lost Tribes
• lost wages
• lost wax
• lost with all hands
• one who hesitates is lost

 

Translations

unable to find one's way

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կորած (hy) (korac), մոլորված (molorvac)
• Asturian: perdíu
• Brunei Malay: sasat
• Catalan: perdut (ca)
• Cherokee: ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ (ulenahidv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: vildfaren, faret vild
• Esperanto: perdita
• Finnish: eksynyt, eksyksissä
• French: perdu (fr)
• Galician: perdido
• German: verirrt (de), verloren (de), umher irrend, orientierungslos (de)
• Greek: χαμένος (el) m (chaménos)
• Hebrew: אבוד (he) m (a'vud)
• Hungarian: elveszett (hu)
• Icelandic: týndur (is)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: ar strae
• Italian: perso (it)
• Khmer: វង្វេង (km) (vʊəngveing)
• Korean: 길을 잃어버리다 (gileul iroborida), 길을 잃다 (gileul ilda)
• Malay: sesat, hilang
• Maori: ngaro
• Mirandese: perdidoso
• Persian: مفقود (fa) (mafqud), گم (gom)
• Portuguese: perdido (pt)
• Romanian: pierdut (ro)
• Russian: заблуди́вшийся (ru) (zabludívšijsja)
• Sicilian: pirdutu (scn)
• Spanish: perdido (es)
• Swedish: vilse (sv)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

in an unknown location

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: կորուսյալ (hy) (korusyal)
• Brunei Malay: ilang
• Bulgarian: изгу̀бен (bg) (izgùben)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: forsvundet
• Dutch: kwijt (nl)
• Esperanto: perdita
• Finnish: kadonnut (fi), kadoksissa (fi), hukassa
• French: perdu (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: verschollen (de), verloren (de), verirrt (de)
• Greek: χαμένος (el) m (chaménos)
• Irish: caillte
• Italian: perso (it), smarrito (it)
• Latin: āmissus
• Maori: ngaro
• Norwegian: tapt (no)
• Persian: مفقود (fa) (mafqud), گم (fa) (gom)
• Portuguese: perdido (pt), extraviado (pt)
• Russian: поте́рянный (ru) (potérjannyj)
• Spanish: perdido (es)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible

• Finnish: kadonnut (fi)
• German: unauffindbar (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

parted with; no longer held or possessed

• Finnish: menetetty (fi), hukattu (fi)
• German: verloren (de), verlustig (de), weg (de), -los (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

not employed or enjoyed; thrown away

• Finnish: hukattu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: rausgeschmissen, rausgeworfen

ruined or destroyed

• Finnish: kadonnut (fi), kadotettu (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

hardened beyond sensibility or recovery

• Finnish: paatunut (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

occupied with, or under the influence of, something

• Finnish: uppoutunut
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verloren (nl), ^{(please verify)} verdwaald (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} perdu (fr)
• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დაკარგული (daḳarguli)
• German: ^{(please verify)} verloren (de)
• Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kehilangan (id), ^{(please verify)} kalah (id)
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} caillte, ^{(please verify)} easpach
• (deprecated template usage) Japanese: 失った (うしなった, ushinatta), 負けた (まけた, maketa)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 잃다 (ko) (yi-reot-da)
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} ngaro
• Polish: ^{(please verify)} zagubiony m, ^{(please verify)} zagubiona m, ^{(please verify)} zgubiony (pl) m, ^{(please verify)} zgubiona f
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pierdut (ro)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} недосту́пный (ru) (nedostúpnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} caillte
• Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} bị mất

Anagrams

• LTOs, OSLT, OTLs, STOL, lots, slot, tols

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Breton

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh llost, Cornish lost, Gaulish losto-, from Proto-Celtic *lustā, from the root *leu- "to divide, to split", possibly related to Old High German ljóstr and English leister.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔst]

Noun

lost m (plural lostoù)

1. A tail.
2. (informal) a cock, a penis.

   Ha ma lost bras 'zo bet troc'het

   And my big penis was cut off (from a Breton bawdy song)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔst

Verb

lost

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

Adjective

lost

1. (deprecated template usage) Superlative form of los

Anagrams

• slot, stol

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loːst/

Verb

lost

1. (deprecated template usage) Second-person singular present of losen.
2. (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular present of losen.
3. (deprecated template usage) Second-person plural present of losen.
4. (deprecated template usage) Imperative plural of losen.