contamination
nounHow many syllables in contamination?
There are 5 syllables in the word contamination.How to pronounce contamination:
Definition of contamination:
- contamination (noun):
- the state of being contaminated.
- a corrupting influence that tends to spread
- a process of contaminating a state of being contaminated
Synonyms for contamination:
adulteration
contagion
contaminant
corruption
decay
defect
defilement
dirtying
dust contamination
filth
foulness
impureness
impurity
infection
irregularity
poisoning
pollutant
pollution
radioactivation
sludge
taint
Antonyms for contamination:
advantage
cleaning
cleanliness
cure
detoxification
good luck
healing
purification
sterilisation
sterility
sterilization
Here are some other common 5-syllable words.
- consolidated
- conservatism
- consequential
- consequences
- conjunctivitis
- congregational
- confederacy
- complementary
- competitiveness
- companionably
- communicating
- communicater
- commissioner
- commemorations
- columbarium
- colonization
- colonisation
- colloquially
- collectivism
- collaborative
- coelenterata
- coagulation
- cnidophobia
- circulatory
- ciprofloxacin
- churrigueresco
- chryselephantine
- chromophobia
- choreographing
- chondrosarcoma
- catholicism
- categorical
- catecholamine
- catabolism
- carolingian
- cardiologist
- carbondioxide
- capitalistic
- canonically
- canary yellow
- campylotropous
- campanologist
- cafeterias
- brutalization
- bradycardia
- behavioural
- beatification
- beatifically
- ball-and-socket joint
- babylonian
- … more
Syllable Fun Fact
Some languages, like Japanese, are considered mora-timed, where the duration of each syllable (or mora) is approximately equal.
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