μόλυνση

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μόλυνσις (mólunsis, “defilement”) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from English pollution.[1]

Noun

μόλυνση • (mólynsi) f (plural μολύνσεις)

  1. (pathology) infection
    Synonym: λοίμωξη f (loímoxi)
  2. contagion
  3. (ecology) contamination, pollution
    Synonym: ρύπανση f (rýpansi)

Declension
declension of μόλυνση
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μόλυνση • μολύνσεις •
genitive μόλυνσης • μολύνσεων •
accusative μόλυνση • μολύνσεις •
vocative μόλυνση • μολύνσεις •
Older or formal genitive singular: μολύνσεως •

References
  1. μόλυνση - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

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