"contamination" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ [General-American], [kənˌɾ̃æm.əˈneɪ.ʃən] [General-American], /kənˌtæm.ɪˈnæɪ.ʃən/ [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contamination.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-contamination.wav [New-Jersey] Forms: contaminations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} contamination (countable and uncountable, plural contaminations)
  1. The act or process of contaminating. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: pollution, defilement, taint Translations (the act or process of contaminating): замърсяване (zamǎrsjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), contaminació [feminine] (Catalan), 污染 (wūrǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), znečištění [neuter] (Czech), kontaminace [feminine] (Czech), verontreiniging [feminine] (Dutch), contaminatie [feminine] (Dutch), kontaminado (Esperanto), kontamino (Esperanto), saastuminen (Finnish), pilaantuminen (Finnish), saastuttaminen (Finnish), sanasekauma (Finnish), contamination [feminine] (French), Verunreinigung [feminine] (German), Verseuchung [feminine] (German), Kontamination (english: poison or pathogen) [feminine] (German), szennyezés (english: act) (Hungarian), beszennyezés (Hungarian), szennyeződés (english: process) (Hungarian), beszennyeződés (Hungarian), elszennyeződés (Hungarian), szennyezettség [state] (Hungarian), kontamináció (Hungarian), fertőzöttség (Hungarian), contamination (Interlingua), contaminazione (Italian), 汚染 (osen) (alt: おせん) (Japanese), コンタミネーション (kontaminēshon) (Japanese), Verseuchung [feminine] (Luxembourgish), Kontaminatioun [feminine] (Luxembourgish), загаду́вање (zagadúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), контамина́ција (kontaminácija) [feminine] (Macedonian), kontaminazzjoni [feminine] (Maltese), халдвар (xaldvar) (Mongolian), iʼniiyą́ą́ʼ (Navajo), contaminassion [feminine] (Piedmontese), skażenie [neuter] (Polish), kontaminacja [feminine] (Polish), contaminação [feminine] (Portuguese), contaminare [feminine] (Romanian), загрязне́ние (zagrjaznénije) [neuter] (Russian), контамина́ция (kontaminácija) [feminine] (Russian), truailleadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), contaminación [feminine] (Spanish), контаміна́ція (kontaminácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-contamination-en-noun-Qv5iHggP Disambiguation of 'the act or process of contaminating': 85 4 3 3 5
  2. Something which contaminates. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-contamination-en-noun-Ndq7-Egs
  3. (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-contamination-en-noun-bU3Vqv4I Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  4. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (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): contaminatie [feminine] (Dutch), kontaminēšanās [feminine] (Latvian), kontaminācija [feminine] (Latvian), kontaminacja [feminine] (Polish), adideacja [feminine] (Polish), контаміна́ція (kontaminácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-contamination-en-noun-OONur-qR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 23 5 38 12 Topics: etymology, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of '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': 2 1 3 91 3
  5. The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-contamination-en-noun-o1JQuUA5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cross-contamination

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔ̃.ta.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-contamination.wav Forms: contaminations [plural]
Etymology: From Latin contāminātiōnem. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|la|contāminātiō|contāminātiōnem}} Latin contāminātiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} contamination f (plural contaminations)
  1. contamination (act or process of contaminating) Tags: feminine Related terms: contaminer
    Sense id: en-contamination-fr-noun-rALn1LNH Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "word": "халдвар"
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          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
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          "roman": "zagrjaznénije",
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          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
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          "word": "truailleadh"
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          "word": "sanasekauma"
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