contaminant

English

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: con‧tain‧ment

Noun

contaminant (plural contaminants)

1. That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.

   Put the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.

Translations

that which contaminates

• Catalan: contaminant m
• Dutch: smetstof (nl) m or f
• Irish: ábhar salaithe m, ábhar truaillithe m, éilleán m (technical term)
• Malagasy: loto (mg)

• Polish: zanieczyszczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: contaminante m
• Spanish: contaminante m

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /kon.tə.miˈnant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kun.tə.miˈnan/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kon.ta.miˈnant/

Adjective

contaminant (masculine and feminine plural contaminants)

1. contaminating

Noun

contaminant m (plural contaminants)

1. contaminant

Verb

contaminant

1. present participle of contaminar

Further reading

• “contaminant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Verb

contaminant

1. present participle of contaminer

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Latin

Verb

contāminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of contāminō