pernicious

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pəˈnɪʃəs/
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• General-American: /pɚˈnɪʃəs/
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• rhymes with -ɪʃəs
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• CMU ARPABET: P ER0 N IH1 SH AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English, from Old French pernicios, from Latin perniciōsus (“destructive”), from perniciēs (“destruction”), from per (“through”) + nex (“slaughter, death”).

Analyzable as pernīx ("swift") + -ious.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: па́губен (páguben) — causing much harm
• Chinese Mandarin: 有害 (yǒuhài) — causing much harm
• Dutch: schadelijk — causing much harm
• Dutch: destructief — causing much harm
• Dutch: verderfelijk — causing much harm
• Finnish: turmiollinen — causing much harm
• Finnish: haitallinen — causing much harm
• Finnish: tuhoisa — causing much harm
• French: nocif — causing much harm
• French: malsain — causing much harm
• French: pernicieux — causing much harm
• Georgian: მავნე (mavne) — causing much harm
• Georgian: მავნებელი (mavnebeli) — causing much harm
• Georgian: საზიანო (saziano) — causing much harm
• Georgian: მაწყინარი (mac̣q̇inari) — causing much harm
• German: schädlich — causing much harm
• German: bösartig — causing much harm
• German: verderblich — causing much harm
• German: perniziös — causing much harm
• Greek: ολέθριος (oléthrios) — causing much harm
• Hindi: नाशक (nāśak) — causing much harm
• Hungarian: ártalmas — causing much harm
• Italian: pernicioso — causing much harm
• Japanese: 有害な (yūkai na) — causing much harm
• Latin: perniciosus — causing much harm
• Macedonian: погубен (poguben) — causing much harm
• Norwegian Bokmål: fordervelig — causing much harm
• Polish: groźny — causing much harm
• Polish: szkodliwy — causing much harm
• Polish: zgubny — causing much harm
• Portuguese: pernicioso — causing much harm
• Romanian: pernicios — causing much harm
• Romanian: vătămător — causing much harm
• Romanian: dăunător — causing much harm
• Russian: тлетво́рный (tletvórnyj) — causing much harm
• Russian: па́губный (págubnyj) — causing much harm
• Russian: зловредный (zlovrednyj) — causing much harm
• Scottish Gaelic: sgriosail — causing much harm
• Serbo-Croatian: štetan — causing much harm
• Spanish: pernicioso — causing much harm
• Swedish: fördärvlig — causing much harm
• Turkish: habis — causing much harm
• Turkish: muzır — causing much harm
• Turkish: pernisiyöz — causing much harm
• Turkish: zararlı — causing much harm
• Ukrainian: згубний (zhubnyj) — causing much harm
• Ukrainian: шкідливий (škidlyvyj) — causing much harm
• Bulgarian: ги́белен (gíbelen) — causing death or injury
• Bulgarian: па́губен (páguben) — causing death or injury
• Chinese Mandarin: 致命 (zhìmìng) — causing death or injury
• Dutch: dodelijk — causing death or injury
• Dutch: schadelijk — causing death or injury
• Finnish: tappava — causing death or injury
• French: nocif — causing death or injury
• French: délétère — causing death or injury
• French: nuisible — causing death or injury
• French: dangereux — causing death or injury
• German: perniziös — causing death or injury
• German: tödlich — causing death or injury
• Greek: ολέθριος (oléthrios) — causing death or injury
• Greek: θανατηφόρος (thanatifóros) — causing death or injury
• Hindi: नाशक (nāśak) — causing death or injury
• Hungarian: veszedelmes — causing death or injury
• Japanese: 致命的な (chimeiteki na) — causing death or injury
• Macedonian: погубен (poguben) — causing death or injury
• Māori: whakawhara — causing death or injury
• Māori: whakamōrearea — causing death or injury
• Polish: zgubny — causing death or injury
• Portuguese: mórbido — causing death or injury
• Romanian: pernicios — causing death or injury
• Romanian: vătămător — causing death or injury
• Romanian: dăunător — causing death or injury
• Russian: вре́дный (vrédnyj) — causing death or injury
• Russian: ги́бельный (gíbelʹnyj) — causing death or injury
• Serbo-Croatian: poguban — causing death or injury
• Spanish: pernicioso — causing death or injury
• Turkish: ölümcül — causing death or injury
• Turkish: pernisiyöz — causing death or injury