impairment

English

Alternative forms

• empairment (rare)

Etymology

impair +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpɛə(ɹ)mənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

impairment (countable and uncountable, plural impairments)

1. The result of being impaired
2. A deterioration or weakening
3. A disability or handicap

   visual impairment

4. an inefficient part or factor.
5. (accounting) A downward revaluation, a write-down.

Derived terms

• amnestic mild cognitive impairment
• specific language impairment

 

Translations

result of being impaired

• Bikol Central: kakundian
• Dutch: handicap (nl) m
• Finnish: häiriö (fi), vika (fi), vamma (fi)
• French: handicap (fr) m
• German: Verschlechterung (de) f, Schwächung (de) f, Behinderung (de) f, Beeinträchtigung (de) f, Minderung (de) f, Verminderung (de) f, Schädigung (de) f, Störung (de) f, Abschwächung (de) f, Schmälerung f, Einschränkung (de) f, Wertminderung (de) f
• Hungarian: romlás (hu), megromlás (hu), leromlás (hu), gyengülés (hu), károsodás (hu)
• Irish: lagú m
• Italian: indebolimento (it)
• Macedonian: нарушување (narušuvanje), оштетување (oštetuvanje), намалување (namaluvanje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svekkelse m

• Serbo-Croatian: oštećenje, hendikep (sh), onesposobljenost

accounting

• Danish: nedskrivning c
• Finnish: arvonalentuminen, arvonalennus
• Greek: απομείωση (el) f (apomeíosi)
• Swedish: nedskrivning (sv) c