how to pronounce contamination

/kɔ̃.ta.mi.na.sjɔ̃/

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contamination is pronounced in five syllables

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An example use of contamination in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… lieux de contamination et on sait que …”

meanings of contamination

noun:

Contamination (act or process of contaminating).

contamination frequency in french - C2 level of CEFR

the word contamination occurs in french on average 4.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.