detrimental

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 Thesaurus: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) 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) m or f (epivlavís)

Hebrew: please add this translation if you can 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 (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, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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Spanish

Adjective

detrimental (plural detrimentales)

1. detrimental