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Etymology

From Old French damage (Modern French dommage), from Latin damnum.

Pronunciation

Noun

Singular damage

Plural damages

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

Infinitive to damage

Third person singular damages

Simple past damaged

Past participle damaged

Present participle damaging

to 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
  • Hungarian: megkárosít hu(hu), megrongál hu(hu), tönkretesz hu(hu)
  • Irish: damáistigh ga(ga), déan ga(ga) damáiste ga(ga), déan ga(ga) díobháil ga(ga)
  • Lithuanian: sugadinti
  • Polish: uszkadzać, psuć
  • Romanian: defecta, strica
  • Russian: повреждать (povreždát’) (impf.), повредить (povredít’) (pf.); портить (pórtit’) (impf.), испортить (ispórtit’) (pf.); наносить ущерб (nanosít’ uščérb) (impf.), нанести ущерб (nanestí uščérb) (pf.)
  • Swedish: skada sv(sv)
  • Welsh: amharu cy(cy)
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  • Albanian: dëm
  • Arabic: ضرر (ɖárar)
  • Azeri: xarab etmə
  • Bosnian: uništiti
  • Estonian: vigastus
  • French: dommage m.
  • Georgian: ზიანი (ziani)
  • Hebrew: אָבְדָן (avdan)
  • Hindi: hani, ghata, kshati
  • Indonesian: kerusakan
  • Italian: danno m., acaria f.
  • Korean: 손상 (sonsang)
  • Latin: damnum n.
  • Latvian: izdevumi
  • Mongolian: хохирол (hohirol)
  • Norwegian: skade
  • Persian: آسیب (âsib)
  • Portuguese: dano
  • Serbian: 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

Latin damnum.

Noun

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

  1. damage
  2. injury, hurt, insult

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