контамина́ция — meaning in English
kontaminatsiya
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English meaning
- contamination noun The act of making something impure or unsafe, or the harmful substance responsible for it.
Senses
контамина́ция is used for these senses in English:
- portmanteau word (linguistics) A word which combines the meaning of two words (or, rarely, more than two words), formed by combining the words, usually, but not always, by adjoining the first part of one word and the last part of the other, the adjoining parts often having a common vowel.
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