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Damage Definition

damage

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English

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Etymology

From Old French damage (Modern French dommage), from Vulgar Latin *damnaticum from Classical Latin damnum.

Pronunciation

Noun

damage (plural damages)

  1. The abstract measure of something not being intact; harm.
    The storm did a lot of damage to the area.
  2. (slang) Cost or expense.
    "What's the damage?" he asked the waiter.

Verb

damage (third-person singular simple present damages, present participle damaging, simple past and past participle damaged)

  1. To make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction.
    Be careful not to damage any of the fragile items while unpacking them.

Translations

to make something less intact or even destroy it; to harm or cause destruction
  • Irish: damáistigh (ga), déan (ga) damáiste (ga), déan (ga) díobháil (ga)
  • Italian: danneggiare (it), rovinare (it), macchiare (it)
  • Latvian: sabojāt (lv), sasist (lv), sapostīt (lv)
  • Lithuanian: sugadinti, padaryti nuostolių (lt), padaryti žalos (lt), pakenkti (lt)
  • Polish: uszkadzać, psuć
  • Romanian: defecta, strica, deteriora (ro), avaria (ro)
  • Russian: повреждать (ru) (povreždát’) impf., повредить (ru) (povredít’) pf.; портить (ru) (pórtit’) impf., испортить (ru) (ispórtit’) pf.; наносить ущерб (ru) (nanosít’ uščérb) impf., нанести ущерб (ru) (nanestí uščérb) pf.
  • Spanish: dañar (es)
  • Swedish: skada (sv)
  • Welsh: amharu (cy)
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  • Albanian: dëm
  • Arabic: ضرر (ɖárar)
  • Azeri: xarab etmə
  • Serbo-Croatian: uništiti
  • Estonian: vigastus
  • Georgian: ზიანი (ziani)
  • Hebrew: אָבְדָן (avdan)
  • Hindi: hani, ghata, kshati
  • Indonesian: kerusakan
  • Korean: 손상 (sonsang)
  • Latin: damnum n.
  • Latvian: izdevumi
  • Mongolian: хохирол (hohirol)
  • Norwegian: skade
  • Persian: آسیب (âsib)
  • Portuguese: dano
  • Serbo-Croatian: оштетити (ošteteti)
  • Slovak: cena
  • Spanish: daño
  • Swahili: afa
  • Tagalog: kapinsalaan
  • Telugu: చెరుపు (cherupu), నష్టము (nashTamu)
  • Thai: ความเสียหาย (kwaam sĭa hăai)
  • Turkish: zarar
  • Ukrainian: шкода (škodá)
  • Uyghur: eziyet
  • Vietnamese: mối hại
  • Yiddish: hesek

Old French

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *damnaticum from Classical Latin damnum.

Noun

damage m. (oblique plural damages, nominative singular damages, nominative plural damage)

  1. damage
  2. injury, hurt, insult

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Law

  • Damages, a sum of money awarded by a court of law
  • Institutional damage, unintended consequences to an individual resulting from interaction with an institution

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