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pollutant

/pəˈluːtənt/

Übersetzungen

pollutantsubstantiv

pollutants

Pl.

/pəˈluːtənt/

The factory was fined for releasing a harmful pollutant into the river.

L’usine a été condamnée à une amende pour avoir rejeté un polluant dangereux dans la rivière.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

contaminantTerme plus technique ou scientifique.

Synonyme

noxious substance

pollutantsubstantiv

A substance that pollutes something, especially water or the atmosphere.

The factory was fined for releasing a harmful pollutant into the river.

Any energy or substance introduced into the environment that causes undesired effects or harms living organisms.

Carbon monoxide is a common airborne pollutant that can be lethal at high concentrations.

A contaminant that renders something impure or unclean.

Heavy metals act as persistent pollutants in many river sediments.