μόλυνση
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μόλυνσις (mólunsis, “defilement”) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from English pollution.[1]
Noun
[edit]μόλυνση • (mólynsi) f (plural μολύνσεις)
- (pathology) infection
- Synonym: λοίμωξη f (loímoxi)
- contagion
- (ecology) contamination, pollution
- Synonym: ρύπανση f (rýpansi)
Declension
[edit]Declension of μόλυνση
Related terms
[edit]- αναμόλυνση f (anamólynsi, “reinfection”)
References
[edit]- ^ “μόλυνση”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
Further reading
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Μόλυνση on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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- Greek terms borrowed from Koine Greek
- Greek learned borrowings from Koine Greek
- Greek terms derived from Koine Greek
- Greek terms suffixed with -ση
- Greek semantic loans from English
- Greek terms derived from English
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek feminine nouns
- el:Pathology
- el:Ecology
- Greek nouns declining like 'δύναμη'