Pollution in Different Languages
Discover 'Pollution' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pollution
Afrikaans besoedeling | ||
Albanian ndotja | ||
Amharic ብክለት | ||
Arabic التلوث | ||
Armenian աղտոտում | ||
Assamese প্ৰদূষণ | ||
Aymara jan walt'ayaña | ||
Azerbaijani çirklənmə | ||
Bambara cɛnnin | ||
Basque kutsadura | ||
Belarusian забруджванне | ||
Bengali দূষণ | ||
Bhojpuri प्रदूसन | ||
Bosnian zagađenje | ||
Bulgarian замърсяване | ||
Catalan pol · lució | ||
Cebuano polusyon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 污染 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 污染 | ||
Corsican pulluzione | ||
Croatian zagađenje | ||
Czech znečištění | ||
Danish forurening | ||
Dhivehi ވައިނުސާފުވުން | ||
Dogri प्रदूशण | ||
Dutch verontreiniging | ||
English pollution | ||
Esperanto poluado | ||
Estonian reostus | ||
Ewe ɖiƒoƒo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) polusyon | ||
Finnish saastuminen | ||
French la pollution | ||
Frisian fersmoarging | ||
Galician contaminación | ||
Georgian დაბინძურება | ||
German verschmutzung | ||
Greek ρύπανση | ||
Guarani ñembohekotyai | ||
Gujarati પ્રદૂષણ | ||
Haitian Creole polisyon | ||
Hausa gurbatawa | ||
Hawaiian haumia | ||
Hebrew זיהום | ||
Hindi प्रदूषण | ||
Hmong muaj kuab paug | ||
Hungarian környezetszennyezés | ||
Icelandic mengun | ||
Igbo mmetọ | ||
Ilocano polusion | ||
Indonesian polusi | ||
Irish truailliú | ||
Italian inquinamento | ||
Japanese 汚染 | ||
Javanese polusi | ||
Kannada ಮಾಲಿನ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh ластану | ||
Khmer ការបំពុល | ||
Kinyarwanda umwanda | ||
Konkani प्रदुशण | ||
Korean 타락 | ||
Krio dɔti ia | ||
Kurdish gemarî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پیس بوون | ||
Kyrgyz булгануу | ||
Lao ມົນລະພິດ | ||
Latin pollutio | ||
Latvian piesārņojums | ||
Lingala kobebisa mopepe | ||
Lithuanian tarša | ||
Luganda okwoonoona | ||
Luxembourgish pollutioun | ||
Macedonian загадување | ||
Maithili प्रदूषण | ||
Malagasy fandotoana | ||
Malay pencemaran | ||
Malayalam അശുദ്ധമാക്കല് | ||
Maltese tniġġis | ||
Maori poke | ||
Marathi प्रदूषण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯣꯠꯁꯤꯟꯍꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo tibawlhhlawh | ||
Mongolian бохирдол | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ညစ်ညမ်းမှု | ||
Nepali प्रदूषण | ||
Norwegian forurensing | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuipitsa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରଦୂଷଣ | ||
Oromo faalama | ||
Pashto ککړتیا | ||
Persian آلودگی | ||
Polish skażenie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) poluição | ||
Punjabi ਪ੍ਰਦੂਸ਼ਣ | ||
Quechua contaminacion | ||
Romanian poluare | ||
Russian загрязнение | ||
Samoan faʻaleagaina | ||
Sanskrit प्रदूषणं | ||
Scots Gaelic truailleadh | ||
Sepedi tšhilafatšo | ||
Serbian загађење | ||
Sesotho tšilafalo | ||
Shona kusvibiswa | ||
Sindhi آلودگي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පරිසර දූෂණය | ||
Slovak znečistenie | ||
Slovenian onesnaževanje | ||
Somali wasakheynta | ||
Spanish contaminación | ||
Sundanese polusi | ||
Swahili uchafuzi | ||
Swedish förorening | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) polusyon | ||
Tajik ифлосшавӣ | ||
Tamil மாசு | ||
Tatar пычрану | ||
Telugu కాలుష్యం | ||
Thai มลพิษ | ||
Tigrinya ብኽለት | ||
Tsonga thyakisa | ||
Turkish kirlilik | ||
Turkmen hapalanmagy | ||
Twi (Akan) efiyɛ | ||
Ukrainian забруднення | ||
Urdu آلودگی | ||
Uyghur بۇلغىنىش | ||
Uzbek ifloslanish | ||
Vietnamese sự ô nhiễm | ||
Welsh llygredd | ||
Xhosa ungcoliseko | ||
Yiddish פאַרפּעסטיקונג | ||
Yoruba idoti | ||
Zulu ukungcola |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "besoedeling" is derived from the Dutch word "besoeddelen", meaning "to soil" or "to defile." |
| Albanian | The word "ndotja" is derived from the Proto-Albanian root "*ndo-", meaning "to put in" or "to add", and the suffix "-tja", which forms abstract nouns. |
| Amharic | The word "ብክለት" can also refer to "filth", "impurity", or "defilement."} |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "التلوث" can refer to contamination, defilement, or impurity, in addition to pollution |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, the term "çirklənmə" also has the alternate meaning of "contamination". |
| Basque | Kutsadura derives from kutsua, meaning “rotten” or “putrid”. |
| Belarusian | The word "забруджванне" is a derived form of the verb "забрудзіць" ("to pollute"), which in turn comes from the Old Slavic root *brudъ, meaning "dirt" or "pollution." |
| Bengali | "দূষণ" is a Sanskrit word that means something that causes a thing to be unfit for use. It is derived from Sanskrit root "dush" (which means bad or evil) + "shan" (which means to go). |
| Bosnian | The word 'zagađenje' is derived from the verb 'zagaditi', which means 'to contaminate' or 'to pollute'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "замърсяване" comes from the verb "замърсявам" which means to make dirty, foul, or contaminated. It can also refer to the state of pollution of a particular area, or the harmful effects of pollution on living organisms. |
| Catalan | Pollution is derived from the Latin word polluere, which means "to defile or corrupt", and also refers to the contamination of soil, water, or air. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word "polusyon" can also mean "pollution" or "contamination" |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 污染, meaning pollution, has been used in Chinese since at least the 12th century, and originally referred to the spread of diseases via filth. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 污染 literally means 'stain' or 'dirty'; this is the sense of the verb form 污, which means 'to insult', 'to revile', or 'to disgrace'. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word “pulluzione” comes from the original Italian “pollution,” which also means “defiling.” It has additional meanings in Corsica, including “pollution” and “defilement,” and more specifically “spiritual defilement.” |
| Croatian | "Zagađenje" is a cognate of the Serbian and Russian word "zagazheniye", which means "contamination" or "fouling." |
| Czech | The Czech word "znečištění" comes from the root "čistý", meaning "clean", and the prefix "z", meaning "from" or "away from", thus literally meaning "making something unclean" |
| Danish | The Danish word "forurening" originally referred to noise "noise pollution" specifically, later broadening to a general meaning of "environmental pollution". |
| Dutch | The word "verontreiniging" comes from the Latin words "versus" (turning, shifting) and "conterere" (to crush), and originally meant "defilement" or "violation". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'poluado' is derived from the Polish word 'polak', meaning 'a Pole'. |
| Estonian | The word 'reostus' in Estonian originates from the Germanic word 'rust' meaning 'reddish brown', likely referring to the reddish-brown color of polluted water. |
| Finnish | The word "saastuminen" means "to become unclean" or "to be defiled" (as by sin) in Finnish. |
| French | In French, « la pollution » originally meant « to make unclean or defiled » before taking its modern, environmental meaning. |
| Frisian | The word "fersmoarging" in Frisian is derived from the Old Frisian word "feresmoargjen", meaning "to pollute" or "to make dirty." |
| Galician | Galician "contaminación" derives from Latin "contaminare" (stain, defile) and also means "defilement, impurity" |
| German | German "Verschmutzung" not only means "pollution" in English, but also "dirt", "soiling" or "fouling". |
| Greek | ρύπανση is derived from the Greek word |
| Gujarati | The word "પ્રદૂષણ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "दूष", meaning "to spoil" or "to taint", and the prefix "प्र", meaning "before" or "in front of". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "polisyon" is derived from the French word "pollution" and also means "politics". |
| Hausa | "Gurbatawa" likely originates from the combination of the Arabic word "ghurba" (exile, estrangement) and the Hausa suffix "-tawa" (pertaining to), implying a sense of being removed from one's natural or rightful place or purity. |
| Hawaiian | The word "haumia" can also refer to "a dirty or polluted place". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word זיהום (pollution) also means "impurity" in a religious sense. |
| Hindi | The word 'प्रदूषण' (pollution) can also refer to 'disturbance', 'contamination', or 'adulteration' in Hindi. |
| Hmong | "Muaj kuab paug" is an umbrella term that encompasses all manner of filth including dirt, disease, and spiritual impurity. |
| Hungarian | "Környezetszennyezés" derives from the Hungarian words "környezet" (environment) and "szennyezés" (contamination), meaning "environmental contamination". |
| Icelandic | Mengun is cognate with "mænge" (crowd) in other Scandinavian languages and probably derives from an older "among" (amongst). |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "mmetọ" not only refers to pollution but also means "stain" or "blemish". |
| Indonesian | The word "polusi" in Indonesian is derived from the Latin word "pollutio", meaning "corruption" or "defilement". |
| Irish | The word "truailliú" in Irish is cognate with the Welsh word "trwyllo", meaning "destruction". |
| Italian | The word "inquinamento" comes from the Latin word "inquinare," which means "to stain" or "to make impure." |
| Japanese | "汚染" also denotes a "stain" or "blemish". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "polusi" derives from the Javanese root "-polusi" and the affix "pe-", suggesting a meaning of "the state of being covered in" and extending to "a state of contamination". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word ಆನಿಂಗ ("maalinya") originally meant "filth, dirtiness" but now encompasses all types of pollution. |
| Kazakh | The word "ластану" is derived from "лас" (mud) and "-тану" (to become), signifying the process of becoming polluted. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ការបំពុល" ("pollution") can also refer to the process of cleansing or purifying something. |
| Korean | The word '타락' has a Buddhist origin, meaning 'to fall into a degenerate state'. |
| Kurdish | The word 'gemarî' in Kurdish can also refer to a type of ritual cleansing or purification. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "булгануу" is also used to describe contamination by non-harmful agents, such as the spread of a particular plant in an ecosystem |
| Lao | The word "mónlaphip" can also mean "sin" in Lao. |
| Latin | "Pollutio" in Latin refers not only to environmental contamination but also to religious impurity or sacrilege. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "piesārņojums" means "defilement, desecration" or "spoilage, deterioration" in addition to "pollution." |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "tarša" is related to the verb "tarti", meaning "to say" or "to speak". |
| Luxembourgish | "Pollutioun" comes from the Latin word "polluere," meaning "to defile" or "to make impure." |
| Macedonian | The word "загадување" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *gadъ, which means "dirt" or "filth". It is cognate with the Russian word "грязь" (грязь), the Polish word "brud" (brud), and the Czech word "špína" (špína). |
| Malagasy | "Fandotoana" can also mean "dirt" or "mud" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | Pencemaran may also refer to defamation of character in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'അശുദ്ധമാക്കല്' not only means 'pollution', but also 'defilement' or 'contamination' in a non-environmental context. |
| Maltese | The word "tniġġis" is derived from the Arabic word "najas" meaning "impurity" or "filth". |
| Maori | The Maori word "poke" can also mean "to thrust", "to puncture", or "to stab". |
| Marathi | The term "प्रदूषण" (pollution) derives from the Sanskrit root "दूष" (to spoil) and originally signified "the state of being corrupted or spoiled," and was later extended to mean "the contamination of air, water, or soil by harmful substances." |
| Mongolian | The word "бохирдол" means both pollution and corruption. |
| Nepali | The word "प्रदूषण" is derived from the Sanskrit word "दूष", meaning "to spoil" or "to make impure." |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "forurensing" is derived from the Latin word "polluere", meaning "to make unclean" or "to defile"} |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The etymology of "kuipitsa" is unclear, though it has similarities to other terms relating to water, waste, and dirt. |
| Pashto | In addition to pollution, "ککړتیا" can also refer to a dirty and unhygienic condition. |
| Persian | آلودگی derives from the Arabic word "aladhdha", meaning "to stain, pollute, or defile." |
| Polish | The word "skażenie" derives from the Latin word "corruptio" meaning "corruption" or "spoilage". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Poluição can also mean defilement, desecration or contamination in Portuguese |
| Romanian | The word poluare is derived from the Latin word poluere, meaning "to defile" or "to make unclean." |
| Russian | The Russian word for pollution, загрязнение, is derived from the verb загрязнять, meaning to muddy or dirty something. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "faʻaleagaina" derives from the verb "faʻaleaga," meaning "to spoil" or "to damage." |
| Scots Gaelic | From Old Irish trúad 'decayed' |
| Serbian | The word "загађење" stems from the Serbo-Croatian "zagadati," meaning "to dirty" or "to foul." |
| Sesotho | The word "tšilafalo" is also used to describe contamination or impurity. |
| Shona | The word "kusvibiswa" can also refer to the act of making something dirty or unclean, or the state of being dirty or unclean. |
| Sindhi | The word "آلودگي" in Sindhi shares roots with the word "آلوده" meaning "stained" or "contaminated". |
| Slovak | The word "znečistenie" in Slovak is derived from the word "čistý", meaning "clean". |
| Slovenian | The verb "onesnažiti" means "to pollute" and literally means "to make something impure". The noun "onesnaženje" means "pollution" and is related to the verb "onesnažiti".} |
| Somali | "Wasakheynta" also means "contaminant" or "adulterant" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The word "contaminación" in Spanish comes from the Latin word "contaminare", meaning "to defile" or "to make impure." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word 'polusi' is derived from the Dutch word 'politie', meaning 'police', and originally referred to air pollution caused by police vehicles. |
| Swahili | The word "Uchafuzi" in Swahili can also refer to "impurity" or "defilement". |
| Swedish | Pollution is derived from the Latin word "pollutionem," meaning "a defiling or making unclean." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term 'polusyon' also carries connotations of 'defilement' or 'stain'. |
| Tajik | Ифлосшавӣ (pollution) is derived from the Persian word آلوده (polluted), which shares the Proto-Indo-European root *pleu- (to flow) with the English word pollution. |
| Tamil | The word "மாசு" can also mean "rust" or "dirt" in Tamil, indicating its wide range of meanings related to contamination and impurity. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "కాలుష్యం" (kāluṣyam) is derived from the Sanskrit word "kaluṣa," which means "impurity" or "defilement." |
| Thai | มลพิษ is a word with a long etymological history in Thai, ultimately deriving from Sanskrit and originally referring to impurity, dirt or filth. |
| Turkish | Kirlilik, in Turkish, also refers to "impurity" or "uncleanliness", extending its meaning beyond environmental contamination. |
| Ukrainian | The word comes from the verb |
| Urdu | The word "آلودگی" in Urdu can trace its roots back to the Sanskrit word "अलु" (alu), meaning 'to disturb' or "रज" (raj), meaning 'dust' or 'powder'. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "ifloslanish" not only means "pollution," but also refers to "degradation" or "spoilage" in a wider sense. |
| Vietnamese | The word "sự ô nhiễm" literally means "dirtying" or "defiling" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The Welsh llygredd may also mean "wickedness" or "sin." |
| Xhosa | The word 'ungcoliseko' in Xhosa may also refer to something that is 'not clean' or 'not pure'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פאַרפּעסטיקונג" (pollution) also means "pestering" or "annoyance" depending on the context. |
| Yoruba | The word "idoti" can also refer to "the state of being unclean". |
| Zulu | The word 'ukungcola' in isiZulu can also mean 'evil' or 'sin'. |
| English | 'Pollution' in English derives from the Latin word 'pollutionem', meaning 'defilement' or 'corruption', and was originally used to describe the desecration of holy places or other sacred objects. |