harm

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• Received-Pronunciation: /hɑːm/
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• Canada, General-American: /hɑɹm/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /hɐːm/
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• rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)m
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

192 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: skade — injury; hurt; damage
• Amharic: ጉዳት (gudat) — injury; hurt; damage
• Arabic: ضَرَرٌ (ḍararun) — injury; hurt; damage
• Armenian: վնաս (vnas) — injury; hurt; damage
• Asturian: dañu — injury; hurt; damage
• Azerbaijani: zərər — injury; hurt; damage
• Basque: zauri — injury; hurt; damage
• Basque: kalte — injury; hurt; damage
• Belarusian: шко́да (škóda) — injury; hurt; damage
• Bengali: সদমা (śodoma) — injury; hurt; damage
• Bhojpuri: नुकसान (nukəsān) — injury; hurt; damage
• Central Bikol: uragan — injury; hurt; damage
• Breton: droug — injury; hurt; damage
• Bulgarian: вреда (vreda) — injury; hurt; damage
• Bulgarian: пакост (pakost) — injury; hurt; damage
• Catalan: dany — injury; hurt; damage
• Chamorro: dañu — injury; hurt; damage
• Chinese Mandarin: 損害 /损害 (sǔnhài) — injury; hurt; damage
• Czech: poškození — injury; hurt; damage
• Danish: skade — injury; hurt; damage
• Dutch: schade — injury; hurt; damage
• Esperanto: damaĝo — injury; hurt; damage
• Estonian: kahju — injury; hurt; damage
• Faroese: skaði — injury; hurt; damage
• Finnish: vahinko — injury; hurt; damage
• French: mal — injury; hurt; damage
• French: tort — injury; hurt; damage
• French: dommage — injury; hurt; damage
• Galician: dano — injury; hurt; damage
• Georgian: ზიანი (ziani) — injury; hurt; damage
• Georgian: ზარალი (zarali) — injury; hurt; damage
• Georgian: ვნება (vneba) — injury; hurt; damage
• German: Schaden — injury; hurt; damage
• Greek: βλάβη (vlávi) — injury; hurt; damage
• Hawaiian: māino — injury; hurt; damage
• Hawaiian: pōpilikia — injury; hurt; damage
• Hebrew: נזק (nézek) — injury; hurt; damage
• Hindi: चोट (coṭ) — injury; hurt; damage
• Hindi: घाव (ghāv) — injury; hurt; damage
• Hindi: अपकार (apkār) — injury; hurt; damage
• Hungarian: ártalom — injury; hurt; damage
• Icelandic: skaði — injury; hurt; damage
• Ido: domajo — injury; hurt; damage
• Ido: nocuro — injury; hurt; damage
• Irish: dochar — injury; hurt; damage
• Irish: díobháil — injury; hurt; damage
• Irish: anachain — injury; hurt; damage
• Irish: urchóid — injury; hurt; damage
• Italian: danno — injury; hurt; damage
• Italian: male — injury; hurt; damage
• Italian: ferita — injury; hurt; damage
• Kazakh: залал (zalal) — injury; hurt; damage
• Kazakh: зиян (ziän) — injury; hurt; damage
• Kazakh: зарар (zarar) — injury; hurt; damage
• Korean: 해 (hae) — injury; hurt; damage
• Latin: noxa — injury; hurt; damage
• Latin: noxia — injury; hurt; damage
• Latvian: bojājums — injury; hurt; damage
• Latvian: ievainojums — injury; hurt; damage
• Latvian: kaitējums — injury; hurt; damage
• Luxembourgish: Schued — injury; hurt; damage
• Macedonian: штета (šteta) — injury; hurt; damage
• Malay: mudarat — injury; hurt; damage
• Malay: keburukan — injury; hurt; damage
• Malayalam: ഉപദ്രവം (upadravaṁ) — injury; hurt; damage
• Marathi: ईजा (ījā) — injury; hurt; damage
• Navajo: atéʼélį́ — injury; hurt; damage
• Occitan: dam — injury; hurt; damage
• Old English: hearm — injury; hurt; damage
• Persian: آسیب (âsib) — injury; hurt; damage
• Polish: szkoda — injury; hurt; damage
• Polish: krzywda — injury; hurt; damage
• Portuguese: dano — injury; hurt; damage
• Portuguese: mal — injury; hurt; damage
• Russian: вред (vred) — injury; hurt; damage
• Russian: уще́рб (uščérb) — injury; hurt; damage
• Russian: поврежде́ние (povreždénije) — injury; hurt; damage
• Samoan: leaga — injury; hurt; damage
• Sanskrit: द्रुह् (druh) — injury; hurt; damage
• Scots: skaith — injury; hurt; damage
• Serbo-Croatian: повреда — injury; hurt; damage
• Serbo-Croatian: штета — injury; hurt; damage
• Serbo-Croatian: povreda — injury; hurt; damage
• Serbo-Croatian: šteta — injury; hurt; damage
• Sicilian: firita — injury; hurt; damage
• Slovak: poškodenie — injury; hurt; damage
• Tamil: கெடுதல் (keṭutal) — injury; hurt; damage
• Tamil: நாசம் (nācam) — injury; hurt; damage
• Tamil: நஷ்டம் (naṣṭam) — injury; hurt; damage
• Thai: ความเสียหาย (kwaam-sǐia-hǎai) — injury; hurt; damage
• Tocharian B: karep — injury; hurt; damage
• Turkish: zarar — injury; hurt; damage
• Turkish: hasar — injury; hurt; damage
• Turkish: ziyan — injury; hurt; damage
• Turkish: incinme — injury; hurt; damage
• Ottoman Turkish: ضرر (zarar) — injury; hurt; damage
• Ottoman Turkish: زیان (ziyan) — injury; hurt; damage
• Ottoman Turkish: مضرت (mazarrat) — injury; hurt; damage
• Ukrainian: шко́да (škóda) — injury; hurt; damage
• Venetan: sbrégo — injury; hurt; damage
• Vietnamese: hại — injury; hurt; damage
• Zazaki: zerar — injury; hurt; damage
• Zazaki: derb — injury; hurt; damage
• Zazaki: ziyan — injury; hurt; damage
• Esperanto: malutilo — detriment; misfortune
• Central Bikol: uragan — that which causes injury, damage, or loss
• Bulgarian: зло (zlo) — that which causes injury, damage, or loss
• Catalan: mal — that which causes injury, damage, or loss
• Finnish: vahinko — that which causes injury, damage, or loss
• Finnish: haitta — that which causes injury, damage, or loss
• Italian: danno — that which causes injury, damage, or loss
• Italian: svantaggio — that which causes injury, damage, or loss
• Portuguese: mal — that which causes injury, damage, or loss
• Afrikaans: beskadig — cause damage
• Arabic: ضَرَّ أَضَرَّ (ḍarra) — cause damage
• Arabic: ضر (ḍarr) — cause damage
• Armenian: վնասել (vnasel) — cause damage
• Bulgarian: увреждам (uvreždam) — cause damage
• Catalan: danyar — cause damage
• Chinese Mandarin: 損害 /损害 (sǔnhài) — cause damage
• Maore Comorian: uhodza — cause damage
• Ngazidja Comorian: udhuru — cause damage
• Danish: skade — cause damage
• Dutch: schaden — cause damage
• Dutch: beschadigen — cause damage
• Esperanto: damaĝi — cause damage
• Faroese: skaða — cause damage
• Finnish: vahingoittaa — cause damage
• French: nuire à — cause damage
• French: faire du mal à — cause damage
• Galician: ferir — cause damage
• Galician: facer mal — cause damage
• German: schaden — cause damage
• German: schade — cause damage
• Greek: βλάπτω (vlápto) — cause damage
• Ancient Greek: βλάπτω (bláptō) — cause damage
• Hebrew: הזיק (hizík) — cause damage
• Hungarian: árt — cause damage
• Ido: domajar — cause damage
• Irish: déan dochar do — cause damage
• Irish: déan díobháil do — cause damage
• Italian: danneggiare — cause damage
• Italian: ferire — cause damage
• Italian: far male — cause damage
• Italian: nuocere — cause damage
• Japanese: 害する (gai-suru) — cause damage
• Japanese: そこなう (sokonau) — cause damage
• Japanese: 痛める (ita-meru) — cause damage
• Khmer: បង្ករអន្តរាយ (bângkârôʼntâréay) — cause damage
• Korean: 해치다 (haechida) — cause damage
• Latin: noceō — cause damage
• Latvian: kaitēt — cause damage
• Latvian: bojāt — cause damage
• Māori: whakatūroro — cause damage
• Māori: whakahauā — cause damage
• Māori: whakakino — cause damage
• Piedmontese: neuse — cause damage
• Polish: krzywdzić — cause damage
• Polish: uszkadzać — cause damage
• Portuguese: ferir — cause damage
• Portuguese: fazer mal — cause damage
• Portuguese: afligir — cause damage
• Portuguese: machucar — cause damage
• Romanian: vătăma — cause damage
• Romanian: strica — cause damage
• Romanian: dăuna — cause damage
• Russian: вреди́ть (vredítʹ) — cause damage
• Russian: повреди́ть (povredítʹ) — cause damage
• Russian: навреди́ть (navredítʹ) — cause damage
• Sanskrit: द्रुह्यति (druhyati) — cause damage
• Sanskrit: हिनस्ति (hinasti) — cause damage
• Sanskrit: रेषयति (reṣáyati) — cause damage
• Scottish Gaelic: mill — cause damage
• Scottish Gaelic: cuir cron air — cause damage
• Serbo-Croatian: оштетити — cause damage
• Serbo-Croatian: повредити — cause damage
• Serbo-Croatian: повриједити — cause damage
• Serbo-Croatian: шкодити — cause damage
• Serbo-Croatian: oštetiti — cause damage
• Serbo-Croatian: povrediti — cause damage
• Serbo-Croatian: povrijediti — cause damage
• Serbo-Croatian: škoditi — cause damage
• Slovak: raniť — cause damage
• Slovak: škodiť — cause damage
• Swedish: skada — cause damage
• Telugu: హాని (hāni) — cause damage
• Thai: ทําร้าย (tam-ráai) — cause damage
• Ukrainian: шко́дити (škódyty) — cause damage
• Ukrainian: нашко́дити (naškódyty) — cause damage
• Ukrainian: завдава́ти шко́ди (zavdaváty škódy) — cause damage
• Ukrainian: завда́ти шко́ди (zavdáty škódy) — cause damage
• Vietnamese: làm hại — cause damage