Phrase guide

radioactive waste

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Waste containing radioactive nuclides.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

useless radioactive materials that are left after some laboratory or commercial process is completed

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: radioactive material

Narrower terms: high-level radioactive waste, low-level radioactive waste

History

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ճառագայթաակտիվ թափոններ (čaṙagaytʻaaktiv tʻapʻonner) — type of waste
  • Belarusian: радыёакты́ўныя адхо́ды (radyjoaktýwnyja adxódy) — type of waste
  • Catalan: residu radioactiu — type of waste
  • Chinese Mandarin: 放射性廢料 /放射性废料 (fàngshèxìng fèiliào) — type of waste
  • Czech: radioaktivní odpad — type of waste
  • Danish: atomaffald — type of waste
  • Danish: radioaktivt affald — type of waste
  • Dutch: radioactief afval — type of waste
  • Finnish: ydinjäte — type of waste
  • Finnish: radioaktiivinen jäte — type of waste
  • French: déchet radioactif — type of waste
  • German: radioaktiver Abfall — type of waste
  • Greek: ραδιενεργά απόβλητα (radienergá apóvlita) — type of waste
  • Hebrew: פסולת רדיואקטיבית (psólet radioaktívit) — type of waste
  • Hungarian: radioaktív hulladék — type of waste
  • Indonesian: limbah radioaktif — type of waste
  • Irish: fuíoll núicléach — type of waste
  • Italian: scoria radioattiva — type of waste
  • Japanese: 放射性廃棄物 (hōshasei haikibutsu) — type of waste
  • Kazakh: радиоактивті қалдық (radioaktivtı qaldyq) — type of waste
  • Korean: 방사성 폐기물 (bangsaseong pyegimul) — type of waste
  • Mongolian: цацраг идэвхт хаягдал (cacrag idevxt xajagdal) — type of waste
  • Norwegian Bokmål: atomavfall — type of waste
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: atomavfall — type of waste
  • Polish: odpady promieniotwórcze — type of waste
  • Portuguese: lixo nuclear — type of waste
  • Romanian: deșeuri radioactive — type of waste
  • Russian: радиоакти́вные отхо́ды (radioaktívnyje otxódy) — type of waste
  • Scottish Gaelic: sgudal rèidio-beò — type of waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: радиоактивни отпад — type of waste
  • Serbo-Croatian: radioaktivni otpad — type of waste
  • Slovak: rádioaktívny odpad — type of waste
  • Slovene: radioaktívni odpádki — type of waste
  • Spanish: residuo radiactivo — type of waste
  • Swahili: taka ya nyuklia — type of waste
  • Swedish: radioaktivt avfall — type of waste
  • Swedish: kärnkraftsavfall — type of waste
  • Turkish: radyoaktif atık — type of waste
  • Ukrainian: радіоакти́вні відхо́ди (radioaktývni vidxódy) — type of waste
  • Vietnamese: chất thải phóng xạ — type of waste
  • Welsh: gwastraff niwclear — type of waste