fumigation

English

Etymology

From Middle English fumygacioun, from Old French fumigation, from Late Latin fumigatio, fumigationem, from Latin fumigo.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

fumigation (countable and uncountable, plural fumigations)

1. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.

Related terms

• fumigate

Translations

act

• Catalan: fumigació f
• Finnish: savustus (fi) (with smoke), höyrytys (fi) (with steam)
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• Spanish: fumigación f
• Tagalog: luop, pagluluop, sangasaw

vapor

• Tagalog: panluop
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