contamination
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin contāminātiōnem.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/, [kənˌɾ̃æm.əˈneɪ.ʃən]
Audio (New Jersey): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kənˌtæm.ɪˈnæɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
editcontamination (countable and uncountable, plural contaminations)
- The act or process of contaminating.
- Synonyms: pollution, defilement, taint
- Something which contaminates.
- (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
- (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
- The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editthe act or process of contaminating
something which contaminates — see pollutant
French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin contāminātiōnem.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcontamination f (plural contaminations)
- contamination (act or process of contaminating)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “contamination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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