contamination
French, noun/kɔ̃.ta.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
contamination is spelled C-O-N-T-A-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears 4.5 times per million words in written French, the 12,122nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Contamination is a French feminine noun meaning “contamination (act or process of contaminating)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Souillure qui résulte du contact d’un objet impur, malpropre ou contaminant”.
What does contamination mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecontamination (act or process of contaminating)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Souillure qui résulte du contact d’un objet impur, malpropre ou contaminant. 2. Infection produite par une maladie contagieuse. 3. Contamination mentale. 4. Introduction ou présence d’un contaminant dans un aliment ou dans un environnement alimentaire.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of contamination
- contaminations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce contamination?
- /kɔ̃.ta.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
- \kɔ̃.ta.mi.na.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to contamination
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is contamination in French?
contamination appears 4.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).