kontaminasi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch contaminatie, from Latin contāminātiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔnt̪amiˈnasi]
• Hyphenation: kon‧ta‧mi‧na‧si

Noun

kontaminasi (first-person possessive kontaminasiku, second-person possessive kontaminasimu, third-person possessive kontaminasinya)

1. contamination:
   1. the act or process of contaminating.

      Synonyms: pengotoran, pencemaran

   2. (linguistics) the influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.

Affixed terms

• mengontaminasi
• terkontaminasi

 

Related terms

• kontaminan

 

Further reading

• “kontaminasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.