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==English==

===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*teh₂g-|id=touch}}
From {{der|en|fro|contaminer}}, from {{der|en|la|contaminare||to touch together, blend, mingle, corrupt, defile}}, from {{m|la|contamen||contact, defilement, contagion}}, related to {{m|la|tangere}}. More at {{l|en|taste}}, {{l|en|tax}}, and {{l|en|taxi}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/kənˈtæmɪneɪt/}}
** {{audio|en|en-us-contaminate.ogg|a=US}}
** {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Simplificationalizer-contaminate.wav|a=New Jersey}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make something [[dangerous]] or [[toxic]] by introducing [[impurities]] or [[foreign]] [[matter]].
#: {{ux|en|This water is '''contaminated'''. It isn't safe to drink.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To soil, stain, [[corrupt]], or infect by contact or association.
#* {{RQ:Shakespeare Julius Caesar|IV|iii|passage=Shall we now <br> '''Contaminate''' our figures with base bribes?}}
#* {{RQ:Goldsmith Vicar|passage=I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue '''contaminated'''.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Michael Inwood|title=Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler &#91;print version: Hitler's philosopher&#93;| url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10739165/Martin-Heidegger-the-philosopher-who-fell-for-Hitler.html|work={{w|The Daily Telegraph}} (Review)| location=London| date=12 April 2014| page=R11| passage=[[w:Martin Heidegger|&#91;Martin&#93; Heidegger]]'s repellent political beliefs do not '''contaminate''' his philosophical work.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To make [[unfit]] for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
#: {{ux|en|Do not '''contaminate''' the peanut butter with the jelly.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[infect]], usually of a [[deadly]] [[virus]].

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|noncontaminating
|biocontaminate|contaminator|decontaminate|recontaminate|uncontaminate
|cross-contaminate}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|en|contaminable}}
* {{l|en|contamination}}
* {{l|en|contaminative}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|To introduce impurities or foreign matter}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|замърсявам}}, {{t|bg|извършвам зловредно вмешателство}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|contaminar}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᎧᏁᏌᏢᏍᎦ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|znečistit}}, {{t|cs|kontaminovat}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|forurene}}, {{t|da|kontaminere}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|kontaĝi}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|saastuttaa}}, {{t+|fi|pilata}}
* French: {{t+|fr|contaminer}}, {{t+|fr|salir}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|contaminar}}
* German: {{t+|de|verunreinigen}}; {{t+|de|verseuchen}}, {{t+|de|kontaminieren}} {{qualifier|poison or pathogen}}
* Greek:
*: Ancient: {{t|grc|μιαίνω}}, {{t|grc|μολύνω}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|truailligh}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|contaminare}}
* Latin: {{t|la|contāminō}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|užteršti}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|tāhawahawa}}, {{t|mi|whakaparu}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|kontaminere}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|zatruwać}}, {{t|pl|skazić}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|contaminar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|загрязня́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|загрязни́ть|pf}}
* Scottish Gaelic: {{t|gd|truaill}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|kontaminera}}
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===Further reading===
* {{R:Webster 1913}}
* {{R:Century 1911}}
* {{R:OneLook}}

==Italian==

===Verb===
{{head|it|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|it|contaminare||2|p|pres|ind|;|2|p|impr|;|f|p|past|part}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|it|a=aaceimnnott|manentatico}}

==Latin==

===Verb===
{{head|la|verb form|head=contāmināte}}

# {{inflection of|la|contāminō||2|p|pres|actv|impr}}

==Spanish==

===Verb===
{{head|es|verb form}}

# {{es-verb form of|contaminar}}