adulteration

See also: adultération

English

Etymology

From Middle French adulteration and its etymon Latin adulterātĭō. By surface analysis, adulterate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

adulteration (countable and uncountable, plural adulterations)

1. The process of adulterating.

   Synonyms: defilement, perversion, pollution; see also Thesaurus:contamination, Thesaurus:corruption

   Antonym: purification

2. The condition of being adulterated.

Derived terms

• antiadulteration
• economically motivated adulteration

Translations

process of adulterating

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 攙雜 / 搀杂 (zh) (chānzá), 摻雜 / 掺杂 (zh) (chānzá), 攙假 / 搀假 (zh) (chānjiǎ), 摻假 / 掺假 (zh) (chānjiǎ), 摻假 / 掺假 (zh) (chānjiǎ)

• Hindi: मिलावट (hi) f (milāvaṭ)
• Manx: droghvestey m
• Marathi: भेसळ f (bhesaḷ)
• Portuguese: adulteração (pt) f
• Spanish: adulteración (es) f
• Telugu: కల్తీ (te) (kaltī)
• Turkish: hile (tr)

References

• “adulteration”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.