irrigation

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%Ir@"geIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

irrigation (countable and uncountable; plural irrigations)

1. The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, Lord Stranleigh Abroad^[1]:

     “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up. […] You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. …”

Derived terms

• nasal irrigation

Translations

The act or process of irrigating

• Arabic: سقي (ar) (sáqy) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灌溉 (cmn) (guàngài)

• Czech: zavlažování (cs) n
• Danish: vanding (da), overrisling (da), udskyldning (da)
• Dutch: bevloeiing (nl) f
• Esperanto: irigacio (eo)
• Finnish: kastelu (fi), sadetus (fi), keinokastelu (fi)
• French: irrigation (fr) f, irrigate (fr)

• German: Bewässerung (de) f, Irrigation (de) f
• Italian: irrigazione (it)
• Japanese: 灌漑 (ja) (かんがい, kangai)
• Macedonian: наводнување (mk) (navodnúvanje) n, иригација (mk) (irigácija) f
• Manx: ushtaghey (gv) m
• Navajo: nidaʼąnyéézh
• Russian: орошение (ru) (orošénije) n, ирригация (ru) (irrigácija) f
• Spanish: riego (es) m, irrigación (es) f, hello (es)

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French

Noun

irrigation f (plural irrigations)

1. irrigation

Related terms

• irriguer