contamination
English edit
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 edit
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 edit
Translations edit
the act or process of contaminating
something which contaminates — see pollutant
French edit
Etymology edit
From Latin contāminātiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
contamination f (plural contaminations)
- contamination (act or process of contaminating)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “contamination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.