Phrase guide

water pollution

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Contamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

pollution of the water in rivers and lakes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: pollution

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَلَوُّث اَلْمَاء (talawwuṯ al-māʔ) — contamination of water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水污染 (shuǐwūrǎn) — contamination of water
  • Czech: znečištění vody — contamination of water
  • Danish: vandforurening — contamination of water
  • Dutch: watervervuiling — contamination of water
  • Finnish: veden saastuminen — contamination of water
  • Finnish: vesien saastuminen — contamination of water
  • French: pollution de l'eau — contamination of water
  • German: Gewässerverschmutzung — contamination of water
  • Hindi: जल प्रदूषण (jal pradūṣaṇ) — contamination of water
  • Hungarian: vízszennyezés — contamination of water
  • Italian: inquinamento idrico — contamination of water
  • Italian: inquinamento delle acque — contamination of water
  • Japanese: 水質汚染 (suishitsu-osen) — contamination of water
  • Malayalam: ജലമലിനീകരണം (jalamalinīkaraṇaṁ) — contamination of water
  • Polish: zanieczyszczenie wód — contamination of water
  • Portuguese: poluição da água — contamination of water
  • Russian: загрязне́ние воды́ (zagrjaznénije vodý) — contamination of water
  • Spanish: contaminación hídrica — contamination of water
  • Spanish: contaminación del medio hídrico — contamination of water
  • Spanish: contaminación del agua — contamination of water
  • Swedish: vattenförorening — contamination of water
  • Ukrainian: забру́днення води́ (zabrúdnennja vodý) — contamination of water