harm

== English == === Alternative forms === harme (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English harm, herm, from Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm, from Proto-Germanic *harmaz (“harm; shame; pain”). Cognate with Dutch harm (“harm”), German Harm (“harm”), Danish harme (“indignation, resentment”), Icelandic harmur (“sorrow, grief”), Swedish harm (“anger, indignation, harm”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːm/ (General American) IPA(key): /hɑɹm/ Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)m === Noun === harm (countable and uncountable, plural harms) Physical injury; hurt; damage. Emotional or figurative hurt. Detriment; misfortune. That which causes injury, damage, or loss. ==== Usage notes ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === harm (third-person singular simple present harms, present participle harming, simple past and past participle harmed) To damage, hurt, or injure something, usually an inanimate object. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:harm ==== Usage notes ==== The verb harm is mostly used to describe metaphorical or inanimate victims. Rarely would one use a sentence such as He made me angry so I harmed him. when a more explicit action such as I hit him or even I hurt him will do. ==== Collocations ==== with nouns harm someone's chances harm someone's image harm someone's health harm someone's career harm someone's prospects harm someone's reputation harm someone's team harm the ozone layer harm the economy harm the club harm the nation with adverbs critically harm deliberately harm physically harm ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Anagrams === Hmar, mahr == Icelandic == === Noun === harm indefinite accusative singular of harmur == Irish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhaɾˠəmˠ/ === Noun === harm h-prothesized form of arm == Middle English == === Alternative forms === harem, arme, herme === Etymology === From Old English hearm, from Proto-West Germanic *harm. === Noun === harm (plural harms) harm, injury, ruination ==== Descendants ==== English: harm Scots: herm, hairm Yola: harrm ==== References ==== “harm, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Old Norse == === Noun === harm accusative singular of harmr == Old Saxon == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *harmaz. === Noun === harm m harm ==== Descendants ==== Middle Low German: harm, herm == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish harmber, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *harmaz. Cognate with English harm. === Noun === harm c angry indignation (at something considered unjust) (archaic) (physical or emotional) harm ==== Declension ==== === References === harm in Svensk ordbok (SO) harm in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) harm in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)