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pollution

pollution, contamination

noun poh-lü-SYOHN Rare

Origin: Latin pollutio

Usage Note

Pollution is used in French exactly as in English — pollution atmosphérique (air pollution), pollution sonore (noise pollution). The verb is polluer and the agent noun pollueur ('polluter'). The word has no informal register variation; it appears equally in news headlines and schoolchildren's essays.

Examples

"La pollution de l'air nuit à la santé."

Natural Translation

Air pollution is harmful to health.

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