pollution

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.3 Derived terms 1.2.4 Related terms 1.2.5 Translations 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Synonyms 2.2.2 Related terms

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[edit] Etymology

Recorded since c.1340, as "discharge of semen other than during sex," later, "desecration, defilement" (1382), from Late Latin pollutio "defilement," from Latin polluere "to soil, defile, contaminate", itself from por- "before" + -luere "to smear" (related to lutum "mud" and to lues "filth", cfr. Greek (lyma) "filth, dirt, disgrace" and (lymax) "rubbish, refuse," Old Irish loth "mud, dirt," Lithuanian lutynas "pool, puddle"). Sense of "contamination of the environment" first recorded c.1860

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pollution (plural pollutions)

1. The act of polluting or the state of being polluted, especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances.

   Nobody visits the river any more because of all the pollution.

2. Something that pollutes; a pollutant.
3. (archaic) Physical defilement

[edit] Synonyms

• soilage

[edit] Antonyms

• conservation
• purity

[edit] Derived terms

• light pollution
• noise pollution
• soil pollution
• water pollution
• air pollution

[edit] Related terms

• polluter

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[edit] Noun

pollution f. (plural pollutions)

1. pollution

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• profanation
• souillure

[edit] Related terms

• polluant m.
• polluer m.
• pollutif