Meanings
nounwater pollution (uncountable)
- uncountableContamination of water, especially surface water, by sewage effluent, fertilizer runoff, industrial chemical discharge, etc.
Translations
Arabic تَلَوُّث اَلْمَاء
- تَلَوُّث اَلْمَاء (talawwuṯ al-māʔ)contamination of water
Chinese Mandarin 水污染
- 水污染 (shuǐwūrǎn)contamination of water
Czech znečištění vody
- znečištění vodycontamination of water
Danish vandforurening
- vandforureningcontamination of water
Dutch watervervuiling
- watervervuilingcontamination of water
Finnish veden saastuminen, vesien saastuminen
- veden saastuminencontamination of water
- vesien saastuminencontamination of water
French pollution de l'eau
- pollution de l'eaucontamination of water
German Gewässerverschmutzung
- Gewässerverschmutzungcontamination of water
Hindi जल प्रदूषण
- जल प्रदूषण (jal pradūṣaṇ)contamination of water
Hungarian vízszennyezés
- vízszennyezéscontamination of water
Italian inquinamento idrico, inquinamento delle acque
- inquinamento idricocontamination of water
- inquinamento delle acquecontamination of water
Japanese 水質汚染
- 水質汚染 (suishitsu-osen)contamination of water
Polish zanieczyszczenie wód
- zanieczyszczenie wódcontamination of water
Portuguese poluição da água
- poluição da águacontamination of water
Russian загрязне́ние воды́
- загрязне́ние воды́ (zagrjaznénije vodý)contamination of water
Spanish contaminación hídrica, contaminación del medio hídrico
- contaminación hídricacontamination of water
- contaminación del medio hídricocontamination of water
- contaminación del aguacontamination of water
Swedish vattenförorening
- vattenföroreningcontamination of water
Ukrainian забру́днення води́
- забру́днення води́ (zabrúdnennja vodý)contamination of water
Cite this entry
APA
water pollution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20pollution
MLA
“water pollution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20pollution. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water pollution,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20pollution.
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