The lake is notorious for its contamination.
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Contamination
//kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "contamination" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (13)
Related words (22)
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8 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 38 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَلَوُّث noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- تَلْوِيث noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Belarusian
4 entries- забру́джванне noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- забру́джваньне noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- забрудне́нне noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- забрудне́ньне noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Bulgarian
1 entries- замърся́ване noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Catalan
2 entries- contaminació noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- contaminació noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 污染 noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Czech
3 entries- kontaminace noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- kontaminace noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
- znečištění noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Dari
1 entries- آلُودَگِی noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Dutch
4 entries- contaminatie noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- contaminatie noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
- contaminatie noun (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)
- verontreiniging noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Esperanto
2 entries- kontaminado noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- kontamino noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Finnish
4 entries- pilaantuminen noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- saastuminen noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- saastuttaminen noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- sanasekauma noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
French
1 entries- contamination noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Georgian
3 entries- დაბინძურება noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- კონტამინაცია noun (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)
- მოწამვლა noun (the act or process of contaminating)
German
3 entries- Kontamination noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- Verseuchung noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- Verunreinigung noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Greek
1 entries- μόλυνση noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Hebrew
1 entries- קוֹנְטֶמִינֶצְיָה noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Hindi
1 entries- मिलावट noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Hungarian
4 entries- beszennyezés noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- beszennyeződés noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- elszennyeződés noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- fertőzöttség noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Interlingua
2 entries- contamination noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- contamination noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
Iranian Persian
1 entries- آلودِگی noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Italian
1 entries- contaminazione noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Japanese
3 entries- コンタミネーション noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- コンタミネーション noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
- 汚染 noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Korean
1 entries- 오염 noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Latvian
2 entries- kontaminācija noun (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)
- kontaminēšanās noun (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)
Luxembourgish
2 entries- Kontaminatioun noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- Verseuchung noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Macedonian
2 entries- загаду́вање noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- контамина́ција noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
Maltese
1 entries- kontaminazzjoni noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Mongolian
1 entries- халдвар noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Navajo
1 entries- iʼniiyą́ą́ʼ noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Piedmontese
1 entries- contaminassion noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Polish
4 entries- adideacja noun (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)
- kontaminacja noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
- kontaminacja noun (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)
- skażenie noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Portuguese
1 entries- contaminação noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Romanian
1 entries- contaminare noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Russian
3 entries- загрязне́ние noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- контамина́ция noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
- контамина́ция noun (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)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- truailleadh noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Slovak
2 entries- kontaminácia noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- znečistenie noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Spanish
1 entries- contaminación noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Turkish
1 entries- bulaşma noun (the act or process of contaminating)
Ukrainian
3 entries- забру́днення noun (the act or process of contaminating)
- контаміна́ція noun (a process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds; blend, portmanteau (word))
- контаміна́ція noun (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)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
People are suffering from the contamination of the water supply.
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It is essential to prevent salmonella contamination in hen egg production.
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Radioactive contamination was detected in spinach and edible chrysanthemum.
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