Translation
a pity, a shame; damage
Word origin
From French dommage, which carries both senses at once, and which goes back to Latin damnum ('loss, harm'). English damage came the same way; damn and condemn come from the same Latin loss.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- damnum
- English cognates
- damage, damn, condemn, indemnity
Examples
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It is a pity that you cannot come.
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What a shame! The rain destroyed the flowers.
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The fire did great damage to the house.
Two jobs in one word, exactly as in French. is material harm, and it is also the sigh you let out when plans fall through: domaĝe!, what a shame. The verb domaĝi means to grudge or to spare something, so domaĝas is he is careful with his time.
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