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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