detriment

== English == === Etymology === From Old French detriement, from Latin detrimentum (“loss, damage, literally a rubbing off”), from dēterere (“to rub off, wear”), from dē- (“down, away”) + terere (“to rub”). Detriment is related to the word detritus, and built on similar foundations to the word impediment. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɛtɹɪmənt/ === Noun === detriment (countable and uncountable, plural detriments) Harm, hurt, damage. (UK, obsolete) A charge made to students and barristers for incidental repairs of the rooms they occupy. (astrology) The position or state of a planet when it is in the sign opposite its house, considered to weaken it. (heraldry, of the moon) The position or state of being eclipsed, entirely dark (sable). Antonyms: in complement, in plenitude Coordinate terms: in increment, in decrement ==== Usage notes ==== Often used in the form "to someone's detriment". (astrology, heraldry): Often used in the form "in (her, its, their, etc) detriment". (heraldry): Distinguish a moon in its detriment (entirely eclipsed) from a moon in its decrement, which is one waning. ==== Synonyms ==== harm, hurt, illfare, damage, expense, disadvantage ==== Antonyms ==== benefit ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === detriment (third-person singular simple present detriments, present participle detrimenting, simple past and past participle detrimented) (transitive, chiefly obsolete) To be detrimental to; to harm or mar. ==== Further reading ==== “detriment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “detriment”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dētrīmentum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [də.tɾiˈme̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.tɾiˈment] IPA(key): (Central) [də.tɾiˈmen] IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.tɾiˈment] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.tɾiˈmen] === Noun === detriment m (plural detriments) detriment, harm Synonyms: dany, perjudici (astrology) detriment === Further reading === “detriment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French détriment, from Latin detrimentum. === Noun === detriment n (uncountable) detriment ==== Declension ====