contaminant

Betekenis (Engels)

That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

Sinonieme

pollutant

contamination

impurity

contaminator

fomite

fomes

Vertalings

inquinante

contaminante

مُلوِّث

contaminant

Verschmutzungskeime

Umweltschadstoff

verunreinigende Substanz

μολυντές

adultérant

contaminant

contamination

impurità

sostanza contaminante

contaminação

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kənˈtamɪnənt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Borrowed from French contaminant, present participle of contaminer (“to contaminate”), from Latin contāmināre. By surface analysis, contaminate + -ant.