irrigation
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See also: Irrigation
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
irrigation (countable and uncountable, plural irrigations)
- 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, in 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[edit]
Translations[edit]
the act or process of irrigating
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin irrigātiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
irrigation f (plural irrigations)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “irrigation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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