loss

See also: los, löss, løss, and lóss

English

Etymology 1

Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LOSSCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₁-#LOSS

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#LOSSCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#LOSS los, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#LOSSCategory:English terms derived from Old English#LOSS los (damage, destruction, loss), from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#LOSSCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#LOSS *los, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#LOSSCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#LOSS *lusą (dissolution, break-up, loss), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#LOSS *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.

Pronunciation

Noun

loss (countable and uncountable, plural losses)Category:English lemmas#LOSSCategory:English nouns#LOSSCategory:English uncountable nouns#LOSSCategory:English countable nouns#LOSSCategory:English countable nouns#LOSSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LOSSCategory:Pages with entries#LOSSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOSS

  1. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#LOSS) The result of no longer possessing an object, a function, or a characteristic due to external causes or misplacement.
    Synonym: expense
    Antonym: gain
    loss of limb; weight loss; loss of cognitive functions; loss of appetite.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
    People are less willing to take a risk to make a gain than to to avoid a loss.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
    In other areas, glacier loss creates serious risk of a dry period across the Third Pole, Wang said. Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
  2. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#LOSS) The destruction or ruin of an object.
  3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#LOSS) Something that has been destroyed or ruined.
    It was a terrible crash; both cars were total losses.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
  4. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#LOSS) Defeat; an instance of being defeated.
    Antonyms: win, victory
    The match ended in their first loss of the season.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
  5. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#LOSS) The death of a person or animal.
    The battle was won, but losses were great.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
  6. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#LOSS) The condition of grief caused by losing someone or something, especially someone who has died.
    Her daughter's sense of loss eventually led to depression.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
  7. (financial, countableCategory:English countable nouns#LOSS) The sum an entity loses on balance.
    Antonym: profit
    The sum of expenditures and taxes minus total income is a loss, when this difference is positive.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
  8. (engineeringCategory:en:Engineering#LOSS) Electricity of kinetic power expended without doing useful work.
    The inefficiency of many old-fashioned power plants exceeds 60% loss before the subsequent losses during transport over the grid.Category:English terms with usage examples#LOSS
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Etymology 2

Pronunciation spelling of lostCategory:English pronunciation spellings#LOSS, representing African-American VernacularCategory:African-American Vernacular English#LOSS English.

Verb

lossCategory:English non-lemma forms#LOSSCategory:English verb forms#LOSSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LOSSCategory:Pages with entries#LOSSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOSS

  1. (colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#LOSS) Alternative spelling of lost.

Anagrams

Category:English calculator words#LOSS

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Estonian terms borrowed from German#LOSSCategory:Estonian terms derived from German#LOSS Schloss, from Middle High GermanCategory:Estonian terms derived from Middle High German#LOSS slōz, from Old High GermanCategory:Estonian terms derived from Old High German#LOSS sloz.

Pronunciation

Noun

loss (genitive lossi, partitive lossi)Category:Estonian lemmas#LOSSCategory:Estonian nouns#LOSSCategory:Estonian entries with incorrect language header#LOSSCategory:Pages with entries#LOSSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOSS

  1. castle

Declension

Declension of loss (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative loss lossid
accusative nom.
gen. lossi
genitive losside
partitive lossi losse
lossisid
illative lossi
lossisse
lossidesse
lossesse
inessive lossis lossides
losses
elative lossist lossidest
lossest
allative lossile lossidele
lossele
adessive lossil lossidel
lossel
ablative lossilt lossidelt
losselt
translative lossiks lossideks
losseks
terminative lossini lossideni
essive lossina lossidena
abessive lossita lossideta
comitative lossiga lossidega
Category:Estonian riik-type nominals#LOSS

Further reading

  • loss”, in [PSV] Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • loss”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • loss”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • loss in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
Category:et:Buildings#LOSS

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

lossCategory:Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms#LOSSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål verb forms#LOSSCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#LOSSCategory:Pages with entries#LOSSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOSS

  1. imperative of losse

Swedish

Etymology

From Low GermanCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from Low German#LOSSCategory:Swedish terms derived from Low German#LOSS los (free, loose), from Middle Low GermanCategory:Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German#LOSS lōs, from Old SaxonCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon#LOSS lōs, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#LOSS *laus.

See also Danish los and Norwegian loss, Dutch loos. Doublet of lösCategory:Swedish doublets#LOSS.

Adverb

lossCategory:Swedish lemmas#LOSSCategory:Swedish adverbs#LOSSCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#LOSSCategory:Pages with entries#LOSSCategory:Pages with 4 entries#LOSS (not comparable)

  1. to a no longer attached or stuck state (no longer stuck to something, generally); loose, off, untied
    Han drog i den, och till slut kom den loss
    He pulled on it, and finally it came loose
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#LOSS
    Han sparkade loss grenen
    He kicked the branch off
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#LOSS
    Jag är fast i kvicksand och kommer inte loss
    I'm stuck in quicksand and can't get out (get unstuck)
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#LOSS
    De knöt loss båten
    They untied the boat (from the pier)
    Category:Swedish terms with usage examples#LOSS

Derived terms

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