detriment (redirected from detriments)

det·ri·ment  (dtr-mnt)

n.

1. Damage, harm, or loss: took a long leave of absence without detriment to her career. See Synonyms at disadvantage.

2. Something that causes damage, harm, or loss: Smoking is now considered a detriment to good health.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dtrmentum, from dtrtus, past participle of dterere, to lessen, wear down : d-, de- + terere, to rub; see ter-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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detriment [ˈdɛtrɪmənt]

n

1. disadvantage or damage; harm; loss

2. a cause of disadvantage or damage

[from Latin dētrīmentum, a rubbing off, hence damage, from dēterere to rub away, from de- + terere to rub]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

detriment - a damage or loss hurt expense - a detriment or sacrifice; "at the expense of" damage, impairment, harm - the occurrence of a change for the worse

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detriment

noun damage, loss, harm, injury, hurt, prejudice, disadvantage, impairment, disservice She supported her husband's career to the detriment of her own.

Translations

detriment [ˈdetrɪmənt] N → detrimento m, perjuicio m
to the detriment of → en detrimento or perjuicio de
without detriment to → sin(causar)detrimento or perjuicio a

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detriment [ˈdɛtrɪmənt] n
to the detriment of → au détriment de, au préjudice de
without detriment to → sans porter atteinte à, sans porter préjudice à, sans conséquences fâcheuses pour

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detriment

n → Schaden m, → Nachteil m; to the detriment of something → zum Schaden einer Sache (gen), → zum Schaden von etw; to somebody’s detriment → zu jds Nachteil; I don’t know anything to his detriment → ich weiß nichts Nachteiliges über ihn; without detriment to → ohne Schaden für

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detriment [ˈdɛtrɪmənt] n → detrimento, danno
to the detriment of → a or con detrimento di, a danno di
without detriment to → senza danno a

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detriment

n detriment [ˈdetrimənt]

harm, damage or disadvantage to the detriment of his health. skade, nadeel ضَرَر، أذى، إساءَه вреда škoda, úkor, neprospěch skade der Schaden φθορά, ζημία detrimento kahju آسیب؛ زیان haitta détriment פְּגִיעָה, נֶזֶק प्रतिकूल šteta kár kerusakan skaði detrimento 損害 손해, 유해 žala kaitējums keburukkan schade, nadeel skade, tap, ulempe szkoda detrimento detriment вред; ущерб škoda škoda šteta skada, förfång ความเสียหาย zarar, ziyan 損害 втрата, шкода نقصان làm hại 损害

adj detriˈmental [-ˈmen-]

causing harm or damage. skadelik, nadelig مُضِرٌّ، مُسيءٌ вреден škodlivý, v neprospěch skadelig schädlich επιζήμιος, φθοροποιός perjudicial kahjulik زیان آور؛ مضر haitallinen nuisible מְזִיק हानिकारक štetan, škodljiv káros merusak skaðlegur dannoso 有害な 해로운 žalingas kaitīgs dengan cara berbahaya schadelijk, nadelig skadelig, ugunstig (for), ufordelaktig szkodliwy prejudicial dăunător вредный škodlivý škodljiv štetan skadlig, menlig, till förfång ซึ่งก่อให้เกิดอันตรายหรือความเสียหาย zararlı 有害的 збитковий; шкідливий ضرر رساں có hại 有害的