adulteration

See also: adultération

English

Etymology

From Latin adulterātĭō.

Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

adulteration (countable and uncountable, plural adulterations)

1. The process of adulterating.
2. The condition of being adulterated.

Antonyms

• purification

Derived terms

• antiadulteration
• economically motivated adulteration

Translations

process of adulterating

Chinese: Mandarin: 攙雜 / 搀杂 (zh) (chānzá), 摻雜 / 掺杂 (zh) (chānzá), 攙假 / 搀假 (zh) (chānjiǎ), 摻假 / 掺假 (zh) (chānjiǎ), 摻假 / 掺假 (zh) (chānjiǎ) Manx: droghvestey m Marathi: भेसळ f (bhesaḷ) Portuguese: adulteração (pt) f Spanish: adulteración (es) f Telugu: కల్తీ (te) (kaltī) Turkish: hile (tr)

References

• “adulteration”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.