irrigate

English

Etymology

From Latin irrigare.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"Ir@%geIt/

Verb

irrigate (third-person singular simple present irrigates, present participle irrigating, simple past and past participle irrigated)

1. To supply farmland with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
2. To clean a wound with a fluid

Related terms

• irrigation
• irrigator

Translations

to supply farmland with water

• Armenian: ոռոգել (hy) (oṙogel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灌溉 (cmn) (guàngài)

• Czech: zavlažovat (cs)
• Finnish: kastella (fi)

• German: bewässern (de)
• Manx: ushtaghey (gv)
• Russian: орошать (ru) (orošát') impf., оросить (ru) (orosít') pf.; ирригировать (ru) (irrigírovat') impf. and pf.
• Spanish: irrigar (es)

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Italian

Verb

irrigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of irrigare
2. second-person plural imperative of irrigare
3. Feminine plural of irrigato

Anagrams

• geriatri
• rigirate

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Latin

Verb

irrigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of irrigō