contaminant

Meaning

That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

Translations

مُلوِّث

Verschmutzungskeime

Umweltschadstoff

verunreinigende Substanz

μολυντές

sostanza contaminante

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kənˈtamɪnənt/
Etymology

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

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