loss

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
2. (uncountable) The destruction or ruin of an object.
3. (countable) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
4. (countable) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
5. (countable) The death of a person or animal.
6. (uncountable) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
7. (countable) The sum an entity loses on balance.
8. (countable, uncountable) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.

Verb

Alternative spelling of lost.

Conceptes

pèrdua

dany

pas

trànsit

privació

traspàs

defunció

tara

expiració

decés

òbit

💀

avaria

perjudici

mal

Oposat a

gain, win, victory, profit

Sinònims

damage

destruction

waste

harm

injury

ruin

defeat

detriment

deprivation

failure

disadvantage

losing

decay

deficit

negative profit

impairment

decrease

disappearance

hurt

defect

flaw

wastage

bad

👎

imperfection

decline

forfeit

bereavement

red ink

sacrifice

lose

red

fall

damages

casualty

release

departure

attenuation

perishing

passing

deficiency

overthrow

perdition

drop

decrement

doom

discomfiture

going

fine

bad debt

expiration

Traduccions

perte

Verlust

pérdida

perdita

verlies

perda

schade

Schaden

απώλεια

danno

daño

dommage

strop

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/lɒs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: los

Heretat de anglès antic: los

Cognat amb islandès: los

Cognat amb anglès antic: lor

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: verlor

In summary

From Middle English los, from Old English los (“damage, destruction, loss”), from Proto-West Germanic *los, from Proto-Germanic *lusą (“dissolution, break-up, loss”), from Proto-Indo-European *lews- (“to cut, sunder, separate, loose, lose”).
Cognate with Icelandic los (“dissolution, looseness, break-up”), Old English lor, forlor (“loss, ruin”), Middle High German verlor (“loss, ruin”). More at lose.