"polluter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: polluters [plural]
Etymology: pollute + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|pollute|er}} pollute + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} polluter (plural polluters)
  1. A subject that pollutes, be it a person, company, country, factory or another subject. Derived forms: polluter pays principle, self-polluter Translations (subject that pollutes): 污染者 (wūrǎnzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), znečišťovatel [masculine] (Czech), saastuttaja (Finnish), pollueur [masculine] (French), pollueuse [feminine] (French), Umweltverschmutzer [masculine] (German), Umweltverschmutzerin [feminine] (German), Umweltsünder [colloquial, masculine] (German), Umweltsünderin [feminine] (German), inquinatore [masculine] (Italian), inquinatrice [feminine] (Italian), загадувач (zagaduvač) [masculine] (Macedonian), poluidor [masculine] (Portuguese), загрязни́тель (zagrjaznítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), contaminador [masculine] (Spanish), contaminadora [feminine] (Spanish), förorenare [common-gender] (Swedish), забру́днювач (zabrúdnjuvač) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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