adulteration

See also: adultération

English

Etymology

From Latin adulterātĭō.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

adulteration (plural adulterations)

1. The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.

Antonyms

• purification

Translations

The action of adulterating

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 攙雜／搀杂 (zh) (chānzá), 摻雜／掺杂 (zh) (chānzá), 攙假／搀假 (zh) (chānjiǎ), 摻假／掺假 (zh) (chānjiǎ), 摻假／掺假 (zh) (chānjiǎ)

• Manx: droghvestey m
• Portuguese: adulteração (pt) f
• Spanish: adulteración (es) f
• Telugu: కల్తీ (te) (kaltī)
• Turkish: hile (tr)