"contaminate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/ Audio: en-us-contaminate.ogg [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-contaminate.wav [New-Jersey] Forms: contaminates [present, singular, third-person], contaminating [participle, present], contaminated [participle, past], contaminated [past]
Etymology: From Old French contaminer, from Latin contaminare (“to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile”), from contamen (“contact, defilement, contagion”), related to tangere. More at taste, tax, and taxi. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}, {{der|en|fro|contaminer}} Old French contaminer, {{der|en|la|contaminare||to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile}} Latin contaminare (“to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile”), {{m|la|contamen||contact, defilement, contagion}} contamen (“contact, defilement, contagion”), {{m|la|tangere}} tangere, {{l|en|taste}} taste, {{l|en|tax}} tax, {{l|en|taxi}} taxi Head templates: {{en-verb}} contaminate (third-person singular simple present contaminates, present participle contaminating, simple past and past participle contaminated)
  1. (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter. Tags: transitive Translations (To introduce impurities or foreign matter): μιαίνω (miaínō) (Ancient Greek), μολύνω (molúnō) (Ancient Greek), замърсявам (zamǎrsjavam) (Bulgarian), извършвам зловредно вмешателство (izvǎršvam zlovredno vmešatelstvo) (Bulgarian), contaminar (Catalan), ᎧᏁᏌᏢᏍᎦ (kanesatlvsga) (Cherokee), znečistit (Czech), kontaminovat (Czech), forurene (Danish), kontaminere (Danish), kontaĝi (Esperanto), saastuttaa (Finnish), pilata (Finnish), contaminer (French), salir (French), contaminar (Galician), verunreinigen (German), verseuchen (German), kontaminieren (english: poison or pathogen) (German), truailligh (Irish), contaminare (Italian), contāminō (Latin), tāhawahawa (Maori), whakaparu (Maori), kontaminere (Norwegian Bokmål), zatruwać (Polish), skazić (Polish), contaminar (Portuguese), загрязня́ть (zagrjaznjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), загрязни́ть (zagrjaznítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), truaill (Scottish Gaelic), kontaminera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-contaminate-en-verb-dOwycJbD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 20 12 10 Disambiguation of 'To introduce impurities or foreign matter': 88 6 3 3
  2. (transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contaminate-en-verb-QPz2FWb9
  3. (transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-contaminate-en-verb-sZAc8RkI
  4. To infect, often with bad objects
    Sense id: en-contaminate-en-verb-hcaiTlpG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cross-contaminate Related terms: contaminable, contamination, contaminative

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} contaminate
  1. inflection of contaminare:
    second-person plural present indicative
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person
    Sense id: en-contaminate-it-verb-dU3MGa01 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 47 7 47
  2. inflection of contaminare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person
    Sense id: en-contaminate-it-verb-mKFJbSpP
  3. inflection of contaminare:
    feminine plural past participle
    Tags: feminine, form-of, participle, past, plural
    Sense id: en-contaminate-it-verb-mhO3plL6 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 47 7 47

Verb [Latin]

Forms: contāmināte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=contāmināte}} contāmināte
  1. second-person plural present active imperative of contāminō Tags: active, form-of, imperative, plural, present, second-person Form of: contāminō
    Sense id: en-contaminate-la-verb-0eoI5Q1p Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Verb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{head|es|verb form}} contaminate
  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of contaminar combined with te Tags: form-of, imperative, object-second-person, object-singular, second-person, singular, with-voseo Form of: contaminar
    Sense id: en-contaminate-es-verb-rUlBygQ9 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for contaminate meaning in All languages combined (11.8kB)

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          "_dis1": "88 6 3 3",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
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          "english": "poison or pathogen",
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          "lang": "Maori",
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          "word": "kontaminere"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
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          "ref": "2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), London, page R11",
          "text": "[Martin] Heidegger's repellent political beliefs do not contaminate his philosophical work.",
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*teh₂g-",
        "id": "touch"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "contaminer"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French contaminer",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "contaminare",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin contaminare (“to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "contamen",
        "3": "",
        "4": "contact, defilement, contagion"
      },
      "expansion": "contamen (“contact, defilement, contagion”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "tangere"
      },
      "expansion": "tangere",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "taste"
      },
      "expansion": "taste",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tax"
      },
      "expansion": "tax",
      "name": "l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "taxi"
      },
      "expansion": "taxi",
      "name": "l"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old French contaminer, from Latin contaminare (“to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile”), from contamen (“contact, defilement, contagion”), related to tangere. More at taste, tax, and taxi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contaminates",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaminating",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaminated",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "contaminated",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "contaminable"
    },
    {
      "word": "contamination"
    },
    {
      "word": "contaminative"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "This water is contaminated. It isn't safe to drink.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "dangerous",
          "dangerous"
        ],
        [
          "toxic",
          "toxic"
        ],
        [
          "impurities",
          "impurities"
        ],
        [
          "foreign",
          "foreign"
        ],
        [
          "matter",
          "matter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), London, page R11",
          "text": "[Martin] Heidegger's repellent political beliefs do not contaminate his philosophical work.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "corrupt",
          "corrupt"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Do not contaminate the peanut butter with the jelly.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unfit",
          "unfit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To infect, often with bad objects"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "infect",
          "infect"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kənˈtæmɪneɪt/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/En-us-contaminate.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-contaminate.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Simplificationalizer-contaminate.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Simplificationalizer-contaminate.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "New-Jersey"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (New Jersey)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zamǎrsjavam",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "замърсявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izvǎršvam zlovredno vmešatelstvo",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "извършвам зловредно вмешателство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "contaminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "kanesatlvsga",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "ᎧᏁᏌᏢᏍᎦ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "znečistit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "kontaminovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "forurene"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "kontaminere"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "kontaĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "saastuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "pilata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "contaminer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "salir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "contaminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "verunreinigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "verseuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "poison or pathogen",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "kontaminieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "miaínō",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "μιαίνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "molúnō",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "μολύνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "truailligh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "contaminare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "contāminō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "tāhawahawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "whakaparu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "kontaminere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "zatruwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "skazić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "contaminar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagrjaznjátʹ",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "загрязня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagrjaznítʹ",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "загрязни́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "truaill"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "To introduce impurities or foreign matter",
      "word": "kontaminera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "contaminate"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Italian non-lemma forms",
    "Italian verb forms"
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "contaminate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of contaminare:",
        "second-person plural present indicative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contaminare",
          "contaminare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of contaminare:",
        "second-person plural imperative"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contaminare",
          "contaminare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "inflection of contaminare:",
        "feminine plural past participle"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contaminare",
          "contaminare#Italian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "contaminate"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "contāmināte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "verb form",
        "head": "contāmināte"
      },
      "expansion": "contāmināte",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "contāminō"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person plural present active imperative of contāminō"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contāminō",
          "contamino#Latin"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "contaminate"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "verb form"
      },
      "expansion": "contaminate",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Spanish",
  "lang_code": "es",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Spanish non-lemma forms",
        "Spanish verb forms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "contaminar"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "second-person singular voseo imperative of contaminar combined with te"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contaminar",
          "contaminar#Spanish"
        ],
        [
          "te",
          "te#Spanish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "object-second-person",
        "object-singular",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "with-voseo"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "contaminate"
}

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