irrigation en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
“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. …”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| irrigations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
colonic irrigation · chemigation · nonirrigation · overirrigation · preirrigation · reirrigation · drip irrigation · interirrigation · fertigation · nasal irrigation · subirrigation · underirrigation · bioirrigation · proirrigation · micro-irrigation · irrigational · irrigationist
Translations (80)
nn vatning (the act or process of irrigating) · hu öntözés (the act or process of irrigating) · nl bevloeiing (the act or process of irrigating) · ta நீர்ப்பாசனம் (the act or process of irrigating) · bg напояване (the act or process of irrigating) · mk ирига́ција (the act or process of irrigating) · sv bevattning (the act or process of irrigating) · fa آبیاری (the act or process of irrigating) · be арашэньне (the act or process of irrigating) · pl nawadnianie (the act or process of irrigating) · pa ਆਬਪਾਸ਼ੀ (the act or process of irrigating) · lt drėkinimas (the act or process of irrigating) · ka ირიგაცია (the act or process of irrigating) · sk zavlažovanie (the act or process of irrigating) · pdt Bewotrunk (the act or process of irrigating) · kk суармалау (the act or process of irrigating) · pl irygacja (the act or process of irrigating) · de Bewässerung (the act or process of irrigating) · pt irrigação (the act or process of irrigating) · fi sadetus (the act or process of irrigating) · ru иррига́ция (the act or process of irrigating) · pdt Wessrunk (the act or process of irrigating) · fr irrigation (the act or process of irrigating) · be ірыгацыя (the act or process of irrigating) · tr gönen (the act or process of irrigating) · nn irrigasjon (the act or process of irrigating) · nv nidaʼąnyéézh (the act or process of irrigating) · ru ороше́ние (the act or process of irrigating) · sh наводњавање (the act or process of irrigating) · cmn 灌溉 (the act or process of irrigating) · grc ὑδρεία (the act or process of irrigating) · es irrigación (the act or process of irrigating) · eo irigacio (the act or process of irrigating) · eo akvumado (the act or process of irrigating) · da udskyldning (the act or process of irrigating) · ka მორწყვა (the act or process of irrigating) · sh navodnjavanje (the act or process of irrigating) · cs zavlažování (the act or process of irrigating) · sw umwagiliaji (the act or process of irrigating) · id pengairan (the act or process of irrigating) · bua ᠤᠰᠤᠵᠢᠭᠤᠯᠭᠠ (the act or process of irrigating) · bho सिंचाई (the act or process of irrigating) · fi keinokastelu (the act or process of irrigating) · da vanding (the act or process of irrigating) · eo akvado (the act or process of irrigating) · lt irigacija (the act or process of irrigating) · bg поливане (the act or process of irrigating) · be арашэнне (the act or process of irrigating) · ps آب پاشِي (the act or process of irrigating) · de Beregnung (the act or process of irrigating) · tr sulama (the act or process of irrigating) · vi thủy lợi (the act or process of irrigating) · id irigasi (the act or process of irrigating) · mk наводну́вање (the act or process of irrigating) · nb vanning (the act or process of irrigating) · ja 灌漑 (the act or process of irrigating) · vi thuỷ lợi (the act or process of irrigating) · bn সেচ (the act or process of irrigating) · da overrisling (the act or process of irrigating) · arz سقاية (the act or process of irrigating) · ka რწყვა (the act or process of irrigating) · es riego (the act or process of irrigating) · ta பாசனம் (the act or process of irrigating) · yi באַוואַסערונג (the act or process of irrigating) · el άρδευση (the act or process of irrigating) · it irrigazione (the act or process of irrigating) · gv ushtaghey (the act or process of irrigating) · ml ജലസേചനം (the act or process of irrigating) · be абвадненне (the act or process of irrigating) · nn kunstig vatning (the act or process of irrigating) · nl irrigatie (the act or process of irrigating) · nb vatning (the act or process of irrigating) · de Irrigation (the act or process of irrigating) · nb irrigasjon (the act or process of irrigating) · hy ոռոգում (the act or process of irrigating) · uk ірига́ція (the act or process of irrigating) · fi kastelu (the act or process of irrigating) · la irrigātiō (the act or process of irrigating) · ar سَقْي (the act or process of irrigating) · hi सिंचाई (the act or process of irrigating)