harmful

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːmfl̩/
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• General-American: /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/
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• CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R M F AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English harmful, from Old English *hearmful (suggested by hearmfullīċ (“harmful; hurtful”)), equivalent to harm + -ful. Cognate with German harmvoll, Danish harmfuld, Swedish harmfull.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: ضَارّ (ḍārr) — likely to be damaging
• Arabic: مُضِرّ (muḍirr) — likely to be damaging
• Armenian: վնասակար (vnasakar) — likely to be damaging
• Armenian: վնասաբեր (vnasaber) — likely to be damaging
• Asturian: dañible — likely to be damaging
• Asturian: malín — likely to be damaging
• Asturian: nocivu — likely to be damaging
• Azerbaijani: zərərli — likely to be damaging
• Azerbaijani: ziyankar — likely to be damaging
• Belarusian: шко́дны (škódny) — likely to be damaging
• Belarusian: шкоднасны (škódnasny) — likely to be damaging
• Belarusian: шкадлі́вы (škadlívy) — likely to be damaging
• Bengali: ক্ষতিকর (khotikor) — likely to be damaging
• Bengali: ক্ষতিকারক (khotikarok) — likely to be damaging
• Bulgarian: вреден (vreden) — likely to be damaging
• Bulgarian: пакостен (pakosten) — likely to be damaging
• Catalan: nociu — likely to be damaging
• Chinese Mandarin: 有害 (yǒuhài) — likely to be damaging
• Chinese Mandarin: 不良 (bùliáng) — likely to be damaging
• Czech: škodlivý — likely to be damaging
• Danish: skadelig — likely to be damaging
• Dutch: schadelijk — likely to be damaging
• Finnish: vahingollinen — likely to be damaging
• Finnish: haitallinen — likely to be damaging
• French: dangereux — likely to be damaging
• French: nuisible — likely to be damaging
• French: nocif — likely to be damaging
• French: préjudiciable — likely to be damaging
• Galician: perxudicial — likely to be damaging
• Georgian: საზიანო (saziano) — likely to be damaging
• Georgian: მავნე (mavne) — likely to be damaging
• German: schädlich — likely to be damaging
• Ancient Greek: βλαπτικός (blaptikós) — likely to be damaging
• Ancient Greek: δηλητήριος (dēlētḗrios) — likely to be damaging
• Hindi: हानिकारक (hānikārak) — likely to be damaging
• Hindi: अहितकर (ahitkar) — likely to be damaging
• Hindi: अपकारी (apkārī) — likely to be damaging
• Hindi: घातक (ghātak) — likely to be damaging
• Hungarian: káros — likely to be damaging
• Hungarian: kártékony — likely to be damaging
• Icelandic: skaðlegur — likely to be damaging
• Indonesian: berbahaya — likely to be damaging
• Ingrian: vrednoi — likely to be damaging
• Irish: aimhleasach — likely to be damaging
• Irish: biniúil — likely to be damaging
• Irish: damáisteach — likely to be damaging
• Irish: díobhálach — likely to be damaging
• Irish: dochrach — likely to be damaging
• Irish: éigineáil — likely to be damaging
• Irish: mímhaitheasach — likely to be damaging
• Irish: olc — likely to be damaging
• Irish: olcach — likely to be damaging
• Irish: urchóideach — likely to be damaging
• Italian: dannoso — likely to be damaging
• Italian: nocivo — likely to be damaging
• Japanese: 有害な (yūgai-na) — likely to be damaging
• Javanese: mbebayani — likely to be damaging
• Korean: 해로운 (haeroun) — likely to be damaging
• Korean: 유해한 (yuhaehan) — likely to be damaging
• Northern Kurdish: ziyanbexş — likely to be damaging
• Latin: nocuus — likely to be damaging
• Latin: noxius — likely to be damaging
• Macedonian: штетен (šteten) — likely to be damaging
• Malay: berbahaya — likely to be damaging
• Māori: whakakino — likely to be damaging
• Māori: whakawhara — likely to be damaging
• Norman: niêsibl'ye — likely to be damaging
• Norwegian: skadelig — likely to be damaging
• Persian: مضر — likely to be damaging
• Plautdietsch: schätlich — likely to be damaging
• Polish: szkodliwy — likely to be damaging
• Portuguese: prejudicial — likely to be damaging
• Portuguese: nocivo — likely to be damaging
• Portuguese: danoso — likely to be damaging
• Portuguese: daninho — likely to be damaging
• Romanian: nociv — likely to be damaging
• Romanian: prejudiciabil — likely to be damaging
• Romanian: dăunător — likely to be damaging
• Romanian: vătămător — likely to be damaging
• Romanian: păgubitor — likely to be damaging
• Romanian: stricător — likely to be damaging
• Russian: вре́дный (vrédnyj) — likely to be damaging
• Russian: вредоно́сный (vredonósnyj) — likely to be damaging
• Russian: зловре́дный (zlovrédnyj) — likely to be damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: шко̀дљив — likely to be damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: шко̏дан — likely to be damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: ште̏тан — likely to be damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: škòdljiv — likely to be damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: škȍdan — likely to be damaging
• Serbo-Croatian: štȅtan — likely to be damaging
• Slovak: škodlivý — likely to be damaging
• Slovene: škodljiv — likely to be damaging
• Spanish: perjudicial — likely to be damaging
• Spanish: perjudicador — likely to be damaging
• Spanish: lesivo — likely to be damaging
• Swedish: skadlig — likely to be damaging
• Tagalog: mapaminsala — likely to be damaging
• Tagalog: nakapipinsala — likely to be damaging
• Tagalog: nakasisira — likely to be damaging
• Tagalog: nakasasama — likely to be damaging
• Telugu: హానికరమైన (hānikaramaina) — likely to be damaging
• Turkish: zararlı — likely to be damaging
• Turkmen: zyýanly — likely to be damaging
• Ukrainian: шкідли́вий (škidlývyj) — likely to be damaging
• Ukrainian: вадли́вий (vadlývyj) — likely to be damaging
• Urdu: مضر — likely to be damaging