irrigate

English

Sprinklers spraying water to irrigate vine plants in a vineyard

Etymology

First attested in 1615; borrowed from Latin irrigātus, perfect passive participle of irrigō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). See also Middle English irrigat(e) (“watered, irrigated”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

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

1. (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

   We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.

2. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.

   The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.

Related terms

• irrigation
• irrigator

Translations

to supply farmland with water

• Albanian: ujit
• Armenian: ոռոգել (hy) (oṙogel)
• Bulgarian: поливам (bg) (polivam), напоявам (bg) (napojavam)
• Catalan: irrigar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灌溉 (zh) (guàngài)

• Czech: zavlažovat (cs)
• Danish: vande (da)
• Esperanto: akvumi (eo)
• Estonian: niisutama
• Finnish: kastella (fi)
• French: irriguer (fr)
• Galician: irrigar (gl)
• German: bewässern (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἄρδω (árdō)

• Irish: uiscigh
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: داشتِن (daştin)

• Latin: irrigō
• Manx: ushtee
• Maori: whakamākūkū
• Occitan: irrigar (oc)
• Polish: nawodnić pf, nawadniać (pl) impf, zrosić pf, zraszać (pl) impf
• Portuguese: irrigar
• Romanian: iriga (ro)
• Russian: ороша́ть (ru) impf (orošátʹ), ороси́ть (ru) pf (orosítʹ); ирриги́ровать (ru) impf or pf (irrigírovatʹ)
• Slovene: namakati impf
• Spanish: irrigar (es)
• Swahili: mwagilia
• Swedish: bevattna (sv), konstbevattna (sv)
• Ukrainian: зро́шувати impf (zróšuvaty), зроси́ти pf (zrosýty)
• Vietnamese: tưới tiêu (vi)

to clean a wound with a fluid

• Bulgarian: промивам (bg) (promivam)
• Catalan: irrigar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沖洗 / 冲洗 (zh) (chōngxǐ)

• Esperanto: akvumi (eo)
• Finnish: puhdistaa haava nesteellä
• Polish: przemyć (pl) pf, przemywać (pl) impf
• Russian: промыва́ть (ru) impf (promyvátʹ), промы́ть (ru) pf (promýtʹ); спринцева́ть (ru) impf (sprincevátʹ)
• Spanish: irrigar (es)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

irrigate

1. inflection of irrigare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

irrigate f pl

1. feminine plural of irrigato

Anagrams

• argirite, geriatri, rigirate

Latin

Verb

irrigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of irrigō

Spanish

Verb

irrigate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of irrigar combined with te