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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesnocivo
Pronunciation / Transliteration: no-chi-vo
"Queste sostanze chimiche sono nocive per l'ambiente."
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Causing or capable of causing damage, injury, or negative effects.
"Excessive exposure to ultraviolet radiation can be harmful to your skin."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English 'hearm' (meaning injury, grief, or damage) combined with the suffix '-ful', meaning 'full of'. Over centuries, the term evolved from denoting physical or emotional grief to broadly describing anything capable of causing damage, injury, or adverse effects.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Harmful" is said worldwide
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nocif
Transliteration: no-sif
"La pollution de l'air est nocif pour la santé."
schädlich
Transliteration: shaed-likh
"Rauchen ist schädlich für die Lunge."
nocivo
Transliteration: no-chi-vo
"Queste sostanze chimiche sono nocive per l'ambiente."
dañino
Transliteration: da-nyi-no
"El humo del tabaco es muy dañino."
nocivo
Transliteration: no-si-vu
"Hábitos alimentares ruins são nocivos ao corpo."
हानिकर
Transliteration: hanikar
"प्रदूषण हमारे स्वास्थ्य के लिए हानिकर है।"
有害的
Transliteration: yǒuhài de
"吸烟对健康有害的。"
해로운
Transliteration: hae-ro-un
"이 약은 어린이에게 해로운 수 있습니다."
有害な
Transliteration: yūgai na
"紫外線は肌にとって有害です。"
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