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"

environmental

adjective ecological, green Environmental groups plan to stage a protest during the conference.

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Translations

بيئيبِيئِيّ

environmentální

miljømæssigmiljø-

Milieu-...ökologisch umweltpolitisch

περιβαλλοντικός

ambiental medioambiental

ympäristö-

du milieu écologique environnemental environnementaliste

ekološki

környezetikörnyezetvédelmi

umhverfis-

ambientale

環境の

환경의

относящийся к окружающей среде

týkajúci sa prostredia

okoljski

miljö-

สภาวะแวดล้อม

çevresel

thuộc môi trường

环境保护的环境的

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

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

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environmental

[ɪnˌvaɪərənˈmɛnt^əl] adj

(= ecological) [group] → écologique; [issue, problem, hazard, factor] → écologique; [disaster] → écologique

[conditions] → environnemental(e)

[legislation] → relatif/ive à l'environnement

[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

→ Umweltverbrechen nt, → Verbrechen nt → an der Umwelt

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

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environmental

[ɪnˌvaɪər/ənˈmɛntl] adj → ambientale
environmental studies or science (in school) → ecologia

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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-) adjective

environˈmentalist noun

a person who wants to stop the damage being done to the environment by humans.

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

environmental

a. rel. al medio ambiente;

___ hazards → peligros del medio ambiente;

___ toxins → toxinas del medio ambiente;

___ pollution → polución del medico ambiente.

environmental

adj (in general) ambiental, del medio ambiente; (immediate surroundings) ambiental

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