contaminant

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

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtamɪnənt/

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• Hyphenation: con‧tam‧i‧nant

contaminant (plural contaminants)

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

   Put the lid on the jar to keep contaminants out.

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

contaminant m or f (masculine and feminine plural contaminants)

1. contaminating

contaminant m (plural contaminants)

1. contaminant

contaminant

1. gerund of contaminar

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

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contaminant

1. present participle of contaminer

contāminant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of contāminō

From contamina +‎ -ant.

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

1. contaminate