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pollution noun

  /pəˈljuːʃən/ , /pəˈluʃən/ , /pəˈluːʃən/
  • Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. [from 18th c.]
  • (now, archaic) The ejaculation of semen outside of sexual intercourse, especially a nocturnal emission. [from 14th c.]
 pollution
  • Moral or spiritual corruption; impurity, degradation, defilement. [from 15th c.]
 défilement

pollute verb

  /pəˈljuːt/ , /pəˈluːt/
  • (transitive) To make something harmful, especially by the addition of some unwanted product.
  • (transitive) To make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
 polluer

polluted adjective

  • Made unclean or impure.
  • (Ireland) Drunk.
 impur

pollutant noun

  /pəˈl(j)uːtənt/
  • A foreign substance that makes something dirty, or impure, especially waste from human activities.
 polluant

polluter noun

  • A subject that pollutes, be it a person, company, country, factory or another subject.
 pollueur, pollueuse

polluting adjective

  • Causing pollution; having a tendency to pollute.
 polluant

pollute adjective

  /pəˈljuːt/ , /pəˈluːt/
  • (rare) Polluted; defiled.
 pollué
air pollution
pollution atmosphérique, pollution de l'air
light pollution
pollution lumineuse
noise pollution
pollution sonore, nuisance sonore
water pollution
pollution de l'eau
DNS cache pollution
empoisonnement du cache DNS

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pollution noun {f}

  /pɔ.ly.sjɔ̃/
  • (Courant) Diffusion dans l’environnement d’un produit potentiellement toxique ou de nature à perturber le fonctionnement d’un biotope
  • (Par extension) Tout phénomène extérieur qui peut être nuisible, dangereux pour la santé, ou désagréable
  • (Religion) (Vieilli) Profanation, souillure, péché d’impureté
 pollution
  • (Médecine) Émission involontaire de sperme
 pollution, emission
pollution lumineuse
light pollution, photopollution
pollution atmosphérique
air pollution
pollution de l'air
air pollution
pollution nocturne
wet dream
pollution sonore
noise pollution
pollution de l'eau
water pollution
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