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impregnation

  • /ɪmpɹɛɡˈneɪʃən/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

Where it comes from

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

noun impregnations

  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....
  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.

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noun act of making pregnant

Españolempreñación (disused), fecundación, fecundización, impregnación
한국어수태 sutae, 수정 sujeong
日本語受胎 jutai, 懐胎 kaitai, 受精 jusei
中文受精 shòujīng, 受胎 shòutāi
हिन्दीनिषेचन niṣecan, गर्भाधान garbhādhān
Portuguêsimpregnação, fecundação
Françaisfécondation, imprégnation
DeutschBefruchtung
Italianoimpregnazione, fecondazione
Românăfecundare
Русскийоплодотворе́ние oplodotvorénije, зача́тие začátije
العربيةتَلْقِيح talqīḥ

noun fact or process of saturating with something

Españolimpregnación
Portuguêspermeação
Françaisimprégnation
Italianopermeazione, impregnazione
Русскийпропи́тывание propítyvanije, насыще́ние nasyščénije

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"impregnation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/impregnation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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impregnation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/impregnation

Chicago

"impregnation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/impregnation.

BibTeX
@misc{impregnation_2026,
  title = {impregnation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/impregnation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}