detriment
Meaning of detriment
- the state of being harmed or damaged.
he is engrossed in his work to the detriment of his married life
light industry can be carried out in a residential area without detriment to its amenities
late Middle English in the sense ‘loss sustained by damage’: from Old French, from Latin detrimentum, from detri-, stem of deterere ‘wear away’.
Information about detriment
- It is a name.
- The plural form of detriment is: detriments.
- Languages in which detriment is used:
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CatalanHyphenation of detriment
detri-ment
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- detriment is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
detriment synonyms
Meaning hurt:
Translation of detriment
- German: Schaden
- French: détriment
- Italian: detrimento
- Portuguese: detrimento
- Spanish: detrimento
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