dommage

From Old French damage, inherited from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum, from Latin damnum, or from an Old French *dam + the suffix -age, probably becoming dommage under the influence of Old French dongier (“danger”).

• IPA^(key): /dɔ.maʒ/

• audio

  (file)

dommage m (plural dommages)

1. damage

   Le vent a causé des dommages.

   The wind caused some damage.

   Synonym: dégât

2. injury

   Je lui ai causé des dommages.

   I have caused him injury.

• dédommager
• dommageable
• endommager

dommage !

1. (what a) shame! what a pity! too bad!

   C'est dommage !

• etymology

• “dommage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Old French damage, from Vulgar Latin *damnāticum, from Latin damnum, or from an Old French *dam + the suffix -age, probably becoming dommage under the influence of Old French dongier (“danger”).

dommage m (plural dommages)

1. (Guernsey) damage