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contamination
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English
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Etymology
From Latin contāminātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/, [kənˌtɛəm.əˈneɪ.ʃən], [kənˌɾ̃æm.əˈneɪ.ʃən]
Audio (New Jersey): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /kənˌtæm.ɪˈnæɪ.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
contamination (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
Translations
the act or process of contaminating
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something which contaminates — see pollutant
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French
Etymology
From Latin contāminātiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
contamination f (plural contaminations)
- contamination (act or process of contaminating)
Related terms
Further reading
- “contamination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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