nuclear fallout

English

Etymology

In reference to such material falling out of the sky.

Noun

nuclear fallout (countable and uncountable, plural nuclear fallouts)

1. (uncountable) Residual radioactive material in the upper atmosphere which settles down to Earth over a protracted period; typically ash which has been propelled upwards by a nuclear explosion or disaster, sometimes mixed with rain or snow.
2. (countable) An event in which this occurs, generally perceived as an ecological disaster due to the distribution of irradiated material over a much larger area than the zone directly affected by the original event.

Synonyms

• radioactive fallout

Translations

radioactive material in the atmosphere which settles down to Earth

• Arabic: تَهَاطُل نَوَوِيّ m (tahāṭul nawawiyy)
• Armenian: ճառագայթաակտիվ նստվածք (čaṙagaytʻaaktiv nstvackʻ)
• Basque: euri erradioaktibo
• Belarusian: радыёакты́ўны аса́дак m (radyjoaktýŭny asádak)
• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: pluja radioactiva
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 放射性落下灰 (zh) (fàngshèxìng luò xià huī)

• Czech: radioaktivní spad m
• Danish: radioaktivt nedfald
• Dutch: fall-out (nl)
• Faroese: geislavirkið avfall n
• Finnish: radioaktiivinen laskeuma
• French: retombée radioactive
• German: radioaktiver Niederschlag
• Greek: ραδιενεργό νέφος n (radienergó néfos)
• Hebrew: נשורת גרעינית
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: radioaktív hulladék, radioaktív szennyeződés, radioaktív csapadék
• Italian: fallout nucleare
• Japanese: 放射性降下物 (hōsha sei kōka butsu), (colloquial) 死の灰 (shinohai)
• Kazakh: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: opad promieniotwórczy
• Portuguese: chuva radioativa f, chuva negra f
• Romanian: precipitație radioactivă f
• Russian: радиоакти́вный оса́док m (radioaktívnyj osádok)
• Sardinian: aba proja radioativa
• Serbo-Croatian: nuklearne padaline f pl, radioaktivne padaline f pl

  Cyrillic: нуклеарне падавине

  Roman: nuklearne padavine

• Slovak: rádioaktívny spad m
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: lluvia radiactiva f
• Swedish: radioaktivt nedfall n
• Thai: ฝุ่นรังสีนิวเคลียร์ (fùn rangsĕe niwklia)
• Turkish: radyoaktif bulut
• Ukrainian: радіоакти́вний оса́д m (radioaktývnyj osád)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can