Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recontaminate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-con-tam-i-nate
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English contaminate English recontaminate From re- + contaminate.

Inflected Forms

recontaminates (present, singular) recontaminating (participle, present) recontaminated (participle, past) recontaminated (past)

Questions

What does recontaminate mean?: To contaminate again, especially after cleaning of original contamination.
Where does recontaminate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English contaminate English recontaminate From re- + contaminate.

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