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en·vi·ron·men·tal
(ĕn-vī′rən-mĕn′tl, -vī′ərn-)adj.
1. Relating to or associated with the environment.
2. Relating to or concerned with the impact of human activities on the natural environment: the environmental movement.
3. Relating to potentially harmful factors originating in the environment: environmental illness.
en·vi′ron·men′tal·ly adv.
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Adj. | 1. | environmental - of or relating to the external conditions or surroundings; "environmental factors" |
2. | environmental - concerned with the ecological effects of altering the environment; "environmental pollution" |
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environmental
adjective ecological, green Environmental groups plan to stage a protest during the conference.
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Translations
بيئيبِيئِيّ
environmentální
miljømæssigmiljø-
ympäristö-
ekološki
környezetikörnyezetvédelmi
umhverfis-
環境の
환경의
týkajúci sa prostredia
okoljski
miljö-
สภาวะแวดล้อม
thuộc môi trường
environmental
[ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmentl]A. ADJ
1. (= ecological) [pollution, policy, issues] → medioambiental; [problems, disaster, damage] → ecológico, medioambiental; [group, movement] → ecologista; [impact] → ambiental
it will have disastrous environmental effects → tendrá efectos desastrosos en el medio ambiente
it will have disastrous environmental effects → tendrá efectos desastrosos en el medio ambiente
2. (= situational) the environmental factors in mental illness → la influencia de los factores del medio ambiente en las enfermedades mentales
B. CPD environmental health N → salud f ambiental
Environmental Health Department N (Brit) → Departamento m de Sanidad y Medio Ambiente
environmental health officer N (Brit) → funcionario/a m/f del Departamento de Sanidad y Medio Ambiente
environmental health regulation N → normativa f de sanidad y medio ambiente
Environmental Health Service N → Servicio m de Sanidad y Medio Ambiente
Environmental Protection Agency N (US) → Organización f de Protección del Medio Ambiente
environmental studies NPL (= subject) → ecología fsing; (= research) → estudios mpl medioambientales
Environmental Health Department N (Brit) → Departamento m de Sanidad y Medio Ambiente
environmental health officer N (Brit) → funcionario/a m/f del Departamento de Sanidad y Medio Ambiente
environmental health regulation N → normativa f de sanidad y medio ambiente
Environmental Health Service N → Servicio m de Sanidad y Medio Ambiente
Environmental Protection Agency N (US) → Organización f de Protección del Medio Ambiente
environmental studies NPL (= subject) → ecología fsing; (= research) → estudios mpl medioambientales
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
environmental
[ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmɛntəl] adj (= ecological) [group] → écologique; [issue, problem, hazard, factor] → écologique; [disaster] → écologique
[conditions] → environnemental(e)
[claim] → écologiste
(= social) [influence] → de l'environnementenvironmental health n (British) → hygiène f publiqueenvironmental impact
n [development, transport] → impact m sur l'environnement
modif [issue, assessment, report] → de l'impact sur l'environnement
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environmental
adj
(= ecological) → Umwelt-; environmental awareness → Umweltbewusstsein nt; environmental concerns → Sorgen pl → um die Umwelt; environmental damage/pollution → Umweltschäden pl → /-verschmutzung f; environmental disaster → Umweltkatastrophe f; environmental effects/impact → Auswirkungen pl → /Auswirkung f → auf die Umwelt, Folgen pl → für die Umwelt; environmental issues or matters → Umweltfragen pl
(= protecting the environment) → Umweltschutz-; environmental group → Umweltschutzorganisation f; environmental movement → Umweltschutzbewegung f
(= relating to surroundings) → umgebungsbedingt; environmental change → eine Veränderung in der Umgebung
environmental
:environmental compatibility
n → Umweltverträglichkeit f
environmental crime
n
no pl → Umweltkriminalität f
environmental expert
n → Umweltexperte m, → Umweltexpertin f
environmental health
n (Brit) → öffentliches Gesundheitswesen; Environmental Health Department → ˜ Gesundheitsamt nt; Environmental Health Officer → ˜ Beamte(r) m → /Beamtin f → des öffentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes; Environmental Health Service → ˜ öffentlicher Gesundheitsdienst
environmental impact
n no pl → Umwelteinfluss m → or -einflüsse pl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
environmental
[ɪnˌvaɪər/ənˈmɛntl] adj → ambientaleenvironmental studies or science (in school) → ecologia
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
environment
(inˈvaiərənmənt) noun (a set of) surrounding conditions, especially those influencing development or growth. An unhappy home environment may drive a teenager to crime; We should protect the environment from destruction by modern chemicals etc.
enˌvironˈmental (-ˈmen-) adjectiveenvironˈmentalist noun
a person who wants to stop the damage being done to the environment by humans.
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environmental
→ بِيئِيّ environmentální miljømæssig ökologisch περιβαλλοντικός medioambiental ympäristö- écologique ekološki ambientale 環境の 환경의 milieu- miljø- środowiskowy ambiental относящийся к окружающей среде miljö- สภาวะแวดล้อม çevresel thuộc môi trường 环境保护的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
environmental
a. rel. al medio ambiente;
___ hazards → peligros del medio ambiente;
___ toxins → toxinas del medio ambiente;
___ pollution → polución del medico ambiente.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
environmental
adj (in general) ambiental, del medio ambiente; (immediate surroundings) ambientalEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.