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impregnation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɪmpɹɛɡˈneɪʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
2. (countable, uncountable) The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
   • Earths and alkalies are simply metallic oxides; whilst a farther impregnation of these substances with oxygen produces an acid.... 1846, unspecified, METALS, OXIDES, EARTHS AND ALKALIES:
3. (countable, uncountable) That with which anything is impregnated.
4. (countable, uncountable) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
   • Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past. 1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24:

Forms

Deriveds

reimpregnation · superimpregnation

Translations (69)

ru оплодотворе́ние (act of making pregnant) · ca impregnació (act of making pregnant) · ka განაყოფიერება (act of making pregnant) · sl oplodnenie (act of making pregnant) · fi hedelmöitys (act of making pregnant) · pl zapłodnienie (act of making pregnant) · ja 受精 (act of making pregnant) · cs oplození (act of making pregnant) · ms pengisitepuan (fact or process of saturating with something) · da befrugtning (act of making pregnant) · fa تلقیح (act of making pregnant) · ko 수태 (act of making pregnant) · it impregnazione (fact or process of saturating with something) · de Befruchtung (act of making pregnant) · cmn 受精 (act of making pregnant) · es empreñación (disused) (act of making pregnant) · fo gitnaður (act of making pregnant) · fi hedelmöittäminen (act of making pregnant) · pt impregnação (act of making pregnant) · id penghamilan (act of making pregnant) · mk оплодување (act of making pregnant) · ga toirchiú (act of making pregnant) · fi levittäminen (fact or process of saturating with something) · es impregnación (fact or process of saturating with something) · ja 受胎 (act of making pregnant) · sv befruktning (act of making pregnant) · bg наси́щане (fact or process of saturating with something) · nb befruktning (act of making pregnant) · es impregnación (act of making pregnant) · fi kyllästäminen (fact or process of saturating with something) · uk заплі́днення (act of making pregnant) · hu átitatás (act of making pregnant) · be апладне́нне (act of making pregnant) · be запладне́нне (act of making pregnant) · hy բեղմնավորում (act of making pregnant) · fr imprégnation (fact or process of saturating with something) · ru насыще́ние (fact or process of saturating with something) · it permeazione (fact or process of saturating with something) · cs impregnace (act of making pregnant) · bg напоя́ване (fact or process of saturating with something) · cmn 受胎 (act of making pregnant) · ko 수정 (act of making pregnant) · ka დაორსულება (act of making pregnant) · es fecundación (act of making pregnant) · ru пропи́тывание (fact or process of saturating with something) · hi गर्भाधान (act of making pregnant) · it fecondazione (act of making pregnant) · fr fécondation (act of making pregnant) · is frjóvgun (act of making pregnant) · it impregnazione (act of making pregnant) · ro fecundare (act of making pregnant) · pl impregnacja (fact or process of saturating with something) · ja 懐胎 (act of making pregnant) · pt permeação (fact or process of saturating with something) · ms impregnasi (fact or process of saturating with something) · es fecundización (act of making pregnant) · hi निषेचन (act of making pregnant) · ca impregnació (fact or process of saturating with something) · uk заплі́днювання (act of making pregnant) · fr imprégnation (act of making pregnant) · hy հղիացում (act of making pregnant) · ar تَلْقِيح (act of making pregnant) · te గర్భాదానము (act of making pregnant) · nn befrukting (act of making pregnant) · pt fecundação (act of making pregnant) · nl bevruchting (act of making pregnant) · ru зача́тие (act of making pregnant) · bg опло́ждане (act of making pregnant) · tg бордоркунӣ (act of making pregnant)