contaminant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French contaminant, present participle of contaminer (“to contaminate”), from Latin contāmināre. By surface analysis, contaminate +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtamɪnənt/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: con‧tam‧i‧nant

Noun

contaminant (plural contaminants)

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

   Put the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.

Derived terms

• biocontaminant
• decontaminant
• microcontaminant
• noncontaminant

 

Translations

that which contaminates

• Catalan: contaminant m
• Dutch: smetstof (nl) m or f
• Indonesian: kontaminan
• Irish: ábhar salaithe m, ábhar truaillithe m, éilleán m (technical term)
• Malagasy: loto (mg)
• Maori: matū tāoke
• Polish: zanieczyszczenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: contaminante m
• Russian: контамина́нт (ru) m (kontaminánt)
• Spanish: contaminante m
• Vietnamese: chất gây ô nhiễm, chất gây bẩn

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kun.tə.miˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kon.tə.miˈnant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kon.ta.miˈnant]

Adjective

contaminant m or f (masculine and feminine plural contaminants)

1. contaminating

Noun

contaminant m (plural contaminants)

1. contaminant

Verb

contaminant

1. gerund of contaminar

Further reading

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

French

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Participle

contaminant

1. present participle of contaminer

Latin

Verb

contāminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of contāminō

Romanian

Etymology

From contamina +‎ -ant.

Adjective

contaminant m or n (feminine singular contaminantă, masculine plural contaminanți, feminine and neuter plural contaminante)

1. contaminate

Declension

Declension of contaminant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	contaminant		contaminantă	contaminanți	contaminante
	definite	contaminantul		contaminanta	contaminanții	contaminantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	contaminant		contaminante	contaminanți	contaminante
	definite	contaminantului		contaminantei	contaminanților	contaminantelor