🇫🇷 fr en 🇬🇧

contaminer verb

  /kɔ̃.ta.mi.ne/
  • Infecter en introduisant dans un objet, un milieu, ou un organisme vivant des microorganismes, des germes, généralement pathogènes
 contaminate, infect
  • Provoquer la contamination radioactive
 contaminate
  • (Littéraire) Changer la nature d’une chose, corrompre
 corrupt, suborn

🇬🇧 en fr 🇫🇷

contaminate verb

  /kənˈtæmɪneɪt/
  • (transitive) To make something dangerous or toxic by introducing impurities or foreign matter.
 contaminer, salir

contamination noun

  /kənˌtæm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/ , /kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ , /kənˌtæm.ɪˈnæɪ.ʃən/ , [kənˌɾ̃æm.əˈneɪ.ʃən]
  • The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.
 contamination

contaminated

contaminé

contaminator

contaminateur

contaminant noun

  /kənˈtamɪnənt/
  • That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
 pollution
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