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Added 9 October 2026

contamination

/kənˌtæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ noun

Latin root: contāminātiōnem Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about contamination at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

The act or process of contaminating.
Something which contaminates.
A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.

Origin

From Latin contāminātiōnem.

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