Pollution

//pəˈljuːʃən//

Synonyms for "pollution" (147 found)

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Strong matches (44)

Related words (73)

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8 entries

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

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34 entries

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Translations

132 translations across 71 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • omgewingsbesoedeling noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Albanian

1 entries
  • ndotje noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Arabic

2 entries
  • تَلَوُّث noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • تَلْوِيث noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Armenian

1 entries
  • աղտոտում noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • kirlənmə noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • çirklənmə noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • забру́джванне noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • забру́джваньне noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • забрудне́нне noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • забрудне́ньне noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Bengali

1 entries
  • দূষণ noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Breton

1 entries
  • saotradur noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • замърся́ване noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • полю́ция noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ညစ်ညမ်းမှု noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Catalan

3 entries
  • contaminació noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • pol·lució noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • pol·luent noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 污染 noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 污染 noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 污染 noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • 污染物 noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Czech

2 entries
  • poluce noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)
  • znečištění noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Danish

2 entries
  • forurening noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • forurening noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Dari

1 entries
  • آلُودَگِی noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bezoedeling noun (archaic: defilement, corruption)
  • milieuverontreiniging noun (archaic: defilement, corruption)
  • milieuverontreiniging noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • milieuverontreiniging noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • poluado noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • poluo noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Estonian

2 entries
  • reostus noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • saaste noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Finnish

4 entries
  • itsesaastutus noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)
  • saaste noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)
  • saastuminen noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • saastuttaminen noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

French

3 entries
  • défilement noun (archaic: defilement, corruption)
  • pollution noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)
  • pollution noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Galician

1 entries
  • contaminación noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Georgian

2 entries
  • დაბინძურება noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • პოლუცია noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)

German

4 entries
  • Pollution noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • Umweltverschmutzung noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • Verschmutzung noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • Verunreinigung noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Greek

3 entries
  • μόλυνση noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • ρύπανση noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • ρύπος noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • זִהוּם noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • זִהוּם noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)
  • זיהום noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)
  • מְזַהֵם noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Hindi

2 entries
  • कालुष्य noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • प्रदूषण noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • környezetszennyezés noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • pollúció noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)
  • szennyeződés noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • mengun noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • pencemaran noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • polusi noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᐃᑖᖏᔭᖅᑐᖅ noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • آلودِگی noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Italian

3 entries
  • inquinamento noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • inquinante noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)
  • polluzione noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 汚染 noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • 汚染物質 noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • ластау noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Korean

1 entries
  • 오염 noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кирдөө noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Lao

1 entries
  • ມົນລະພິດ noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Latin

1 entries
  • contaminatio noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Latvian

1 entries
  • piesārņojums noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • tarša noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • загадување noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Malay

1 entries
  • pencemaran noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മലിനീകരണം noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Middle English

2 entries
  • pollucioun noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)
  • pollucioun noun (archaic: defilement, corruption)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • бохирдол noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • forurensing noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries
  • заґадзенє noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • заґадзованє noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Polish

2 entries
  • zanieczyszczenie noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • zanieczyszczenie noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • poluente noun (something that pollutes; pollutant — see also pollutant)
  • poluição noun (archaic: defilement, corruption)
  • poluição noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • polução noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)

Romanian

1 entries
  • poluare noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Russian

2 entries
  • загрязне́ние noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • поллю́ция noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • प्रदूषण noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • truailleadh noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • zagađenje noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • загађење noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Slovak

1 entries
  • znečistenie noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Slovene

1 entries
  • onesnaženje noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Spanish

2 entries
  • contaminación noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • polución noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Swahili

1 entries
  • uchafuzi noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Swedish

2 entries
  • förorening noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • miljöförstöring noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ифлоскунӣ noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కాలుష్యం noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Thai

2 entries
  • มลพิษ noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • มลภาวะ noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Turkish

3 entries
  • kirlenme noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • kirletme noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • kirlilik noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • забру́днення noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)
  • полю́ція noun (archaic: emission of semen at other times than in sexual intercourse)

Urdu

1 entries
  • آلُودَگی noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự ô nhiễm noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Volapük

1 entries
  • miotükam noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Welsh

1 entries
  • llygredd noun (the contamination of the environment by harmful substances)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

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Because of the problem of air pollution, the bicycle may some day replace the automobile.

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Environmental pollution is causing abnormal weather conditions.

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Fear of pollution discouraged people from building homes near power plants.

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How to deal with environmental pollution is a serious matter.

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