contamination

Significado (Inglês)

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of contaminating.
2. (countable, uncountable) Something which contaminates.
3. (countable, uncountable) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
4. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Conceitos

contaminação

poluição

contágio

inquinamento

Sinônimos

pollution

defilement

infection

impurity

taint

contagion

contaminant

dirt

soiling

hybridism

miasma

pest

poisoning

pollutant

pollute

portmanteau

public nuisance

soil

sombreness

spillage

tinge

virus

blending

union dye

contaminate

corruption

debasement

desecration

dirtying

discoloration

filth

graft

Traduções

contamination

contaminación

contaminazione

Verunreinigung

Kontamination

Verschmutzung

Verseuchung

pollution

contaminació

μόλυνση

inquinamento

contagio

infezione

ρύπανση

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From Latin contāminātiōnem.