damage

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English damage, from Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum. Compare modern French dommage. Largely displaced native Middle English scath (whence unscathed). Cognate with Spanish daño, Portuguese dano, Italian danno, French dam, Romanian daună. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdæmɪd͡ʒ/ Hyphenation: dam‧age Rhymes: -æmɪdʒ === Noun === damage (countable and uncountable, plural damages) Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact. (slang) Cost or expense. ==== Usage notes ==== Currently it is only used as an uncountable noun, except in the specialist legal plural-only sense, which see. There are few examples of the obsolete countable (singular) use. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== damn indemnity ==== Translations ==== === Verb === damage (third-person singular simple present damages, present participle damaging, simple past and past participle damaged) (transitive) To impair the soundness, goodness, or value of; to harm or cause destruction. Synonyms: harm, injure; see also Thesaurus:harm, Thesaurus:destroy (intransitive, obsolete) To undergo damage; to take damage. (transitive) To remove a damaged or unsalable item from the sales floor for processing. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Middle English == === Alternative forms === damege, dammage, dampnage, domage === Etymology === From Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daˈmaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /dɔˈmaːd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈdamad͡ʒ(ə)/ === Noun === damage (plural damages) damage, harm, injury loss (of reputation, etc.) (rare) disability, weakness (law, often in the plural) damages (compensation for loss) ==== Related terms ==== damagen ==== Descendants ==== English: damage Scots: dammish ==== References ==== “damāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old French == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *damnāticum from Classical Latin damnum. === Pronunciation === (classical) IPA(key): /daˈmadʒə/ (late) IPA(key): /daˈmaʒə/ === Noun === damage oblique singular, m (oblique plural damages, nominative singular damages, nominative plural damage) damage injury, hurt, insult ==== Related terms ==== damagier ==== Descendants ==== French: dommage Norman: dommage → Friulian: daneç → Irish: damáiste → Middle English: damage (see there for further descendants) → Neapolitan: dammaggio → Piedmontese: darmage, darmagi → Sicilian: damaggiu