impregnation

See also: imprégnation

English

Etymology

Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin impregnatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹɛɡˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

impregnation (countable and uncountable, plural impregnations)

1. The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
2. The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
3. That with which anything is impregnated.
4. (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.

Translations

act of making pregnant

• Arabic: تَلْقِيح (talqīḥ)
• Bulgarian: оплождане n (oploždane)
• Finnish: hedelmöitys (fi), hedelmöittäminen (fi)
• Indonesian: penghamilan (id)
• Irish: toirchiú m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: zapłodnienie (pl) n
• Russian: оплодотворе́ние (ru) n (oplodotvorénije), зача́тие (ru) n (začátije)
• Spanish: empreñación f
• Swedish: befruktning (sv) c
• Telugu: గర్భాదానము (te) (garbhādānamu)

fact or process of saturating with something

• Bulgarian: напояване n (napojavane), насищане (bg) n (nasištane)
• Finnish: kyllästäminen (fi) (saturation); levittäminen (fi) (diffusion)
• French: imprégnation (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: impregnasi, pengisitepuan (saturation)
• Polish: impregnacja f
• Russian: пропитывание (ru) n (propityvanije), насыще́ние (ru) n (nasyščénije)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French impregnacion, from Latin impregnatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩːpreɳaˈsjõː/, /ĩːpreɡnaˈsjõː/

Noun

impregnation f (plural impregnations)

1. impregnation, fertilization
2. saturation, impregnation