contamination
/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/US/kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/
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contamination noun: the act or process of contaminating.
Noun
contamination (countable and uncountable, plural contaminations)
- The act or process of contaminating.
- Synonyms:
- pollution, defilement, taint
- Something which contaminates.
- Synonyms:
- adulterant, contaminant, impurity, pollutant, sophisticant, adulterator, contaminator, pollution, taint
- A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
- 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.
- The intermingling of readings from multiple sources by a copyist.
contamination meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
contamination in Hindi
- the act or process of contaminating
- मिलावट milāvaṭ
contamination in Tamil
- தூய்மைக் கேடு, தொற்று, சீர்கேடு, மாசுக்கலப்பு, மாசு, மாசு படல்
contamination in Marathi
- दूषित करणे, दूषित होणे
contamination in Urdu
- contamination
- آلودگی ālūdagī
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- contamination in Bengali
- অপবিত্রতা
- contamination in Telugu
- కలుషితం
- contamination in Malayalam
- കളങ്കം, മാലിന്യം, മലിനീകരണം, ദുഷിപ്പിക്കൽ
- contamination in Kannada
- ಸೊಗಡು, ಕಶ್ಮಲೀಕರಣ, ಕಲುಷಿತಗೊಳಿಸು
- contamination in Punjabi
- ਦੂਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰਨਾ
- contamination in Gujarati
- દૂષિતતા, દૂષણ
- contamination in Odia
- ଛୁତି chuti
- contamination in Nepali
- दूषितता
- contamination in Arabic
- تَلْوِيث talwīṯ, تَلَوُّث talawwuṯ
Examples of contamination in a sentence
- Fear began to seep into the local community over the contamination of their fishpond.
- The ticky cows should be kept well separated to avoid contamination.
- The tissue sample was analyzed ex situ to prevent contamination from surrounding cells.
Synonyms of contamination
- pollution
- defilement
- taint
- adulterant
- contaminant
- impurity
- pollutant
- sophisticant
- adulterator
- contaminator
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Antonyms
Forms of contamination
| plural | contaminations |
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Origin of contamination
From Latin contāminātiōnem.
Words formed from contamination
Words that rhyme with contamination
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about contamination
- What does contamination mean?
- Contamination means the act or process of contaminating.
- What is contamination in Hindi?
- Contamination in Hindi is मिलावट (milāvaṭ). See Contamination meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is contamination?
- Contamination is a noun.
- How do you pronounce contamination?
- Contamination is pronounced /kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of contamination?
- The plural of contamination is contaminations.
Words near contamination in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contamination (page history and authors); contamination (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contamination (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); آلودگی (Urdu) (page history and authors); contamination (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contamination (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contamination (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contamination (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); contamination (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); contamination (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ଛୁତି (Odia) (page history and authors); contamination (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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