lost

See also: Lost, löst, løst, and łöst

English

Alternative forms

los'
loss

Etymology

From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: lŏst, IPA^(key): /lɒst/
(US) enPR: lôst, IPA^(key): /lɔst/
(cot–caught merger) enPR: läst, IPA^(key): /lɑst/
Audio (CA) (file)
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (UK) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒst, -ɔːst

Verb

lost

simple past tense and past participle of lose

Derived terms

Adjective

lost (comparative loster or more lost, superlative lostest or most lost)

Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
The children were soon lost in the forest.
In an unknown location; unable to be found.
Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
a lost limb; lost honour
Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit
Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.
lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
Occupied with, or under the influence of, something, so as not to notice external things.
to be lost in thought

Derived terms

Terms derived from lost (adjective)

Translations

unable to find one's way

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: կորած (hy) (korac), մոլորված (molorvac)
Asturian: perdíu
Catalan: perdut (ca)
Cherokee: ᎤᎴᎾᎯᏛ (ulenahidv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: vildfaren, faret vild
Esperanto: perdita
Finnish: eksynyt, eksyksissä
French: perdu (fr)
Galician: perdido
German: verirrt (de)
Greek: χαμένος (el) m (chaménos)
Hebrew: אבוד‎‎ (he) m (a'vud)
Icelandic: týndur (is)

Irish: ar strae
Italian: perso (it)
Khmer: វង្វេង (km) (vʊəngveing)
Korean: 길을 잃어버리다 (gileul iroborida), 길을 잃다 (gileul ilda)
Malay: sesat, hilang
Maori: ngaro
Mirandese: perdidoso
Persian: مفقود‎‎ (fa) (mafqud), گم‌‎‎ (gom)
Portuguese: perdido (pt)
Romanian: pierdut (ro)
Russian: заблуди́вшийся (ru) (zabludívšijsja)
Sicilian: pirdutu (scn)
Spanish: perdido (es)
Swedish: vilse (sv)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

in an unknown location

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: կորուսյալ (hy) (korusyal)
Bulgarian: изгу̀бен (bg) (izgùben)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: forsvundet
Dutch: kwijt (nl)
Esperanto: perdita
Finnish: kadonnut (fi), kadoksissa, hukassa
French: perdu (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can

German: verschollen (de), verloren (de)
Greek: χαμένος (el) m (chaménos)
Irish: caillte
Italian: perso (it), smarrito (it)
Maori: ngaro
Norwegian: tapt (no)
Persian: مفقود‎‎ (fa) (mafqud), گم‎‎ (fa) (gom)
Portuguese: perdido (pt), extraviado (pt)
Russian: поте́рянный (ru) (potérjannyj)
Spanish: perdido (es)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible

Finnish: kadonnut (fi)

parted with; no longer held or possessed

Finnish: menetetty (fi), hukattu (fi)

not employed or enjoyed; thrown away

Finnish: hukattu (fi)

ruined or destroyed

Finnish: kadonnut (fi), kadotettu (fi)

hardened beyond sensibility or recovery

Finnish: paatunut (fi)

occupied with, or under the influence of, something

Finnish: uppoutunut

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} verloren (nl), ^{(please verify)} verdwaald (nl)
French: ^{(please verify)} perdu (fr)
Georgian: ^{(please verify)} დაკარგული (daḳarguli)
German: ^{(please verify)} verloren (de)
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} kehilangan (id), ^{(please verify)} kalah (id)
Irish: ^{(please verify)} caillte, ^{(please verify)} easpach
Japanese: 失った (うしなった, ushinatta), 負けた (まけた, maketa)

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 잃다 (yi-reot-da)
Maori: ^{(please verify)} ngaro
Polish: ^{(please verify)} zagubiony m, ^{(please verify)} zagubiona m, ^{(please verify)} zgubiony m, ^{(please verify)} zgubiona f
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} pierdut (ro)
Russian: ^{(please verify)} недосту́пный (nedostúpnyj)
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} caillte
Vietnamese: ^{(please verify)} bị mất

Anagrams

LTOs, OTLs, STOL, lots, slot, tols

Breton

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh llost, Cornish lost, Gaulish losto-, from Proto-Celtic *lustā, from the root *leu- "to divide, to split", possibly related to Old High German ljóstr and English leister.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɔst]

Noun

lost m (plural lostoù)

A tail.
(informal) a cock, a penis.
Ha ma lost bras 'zo bet troc'het
And my big penis was cut off (from a Breton bawdy song)

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔst

Verb

lost

second- and third-person singular present indicative of lossen
(archaic) plural imperative of lossen

Adjective

lost

Superlative form of los

Anagrams

slot, stol

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /loːst/

Verb

lost

Second-person singular present of losen.
Third-person singular present of losen.
Second-person plural present of losen.
Imperative plural of losen.

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