irrigation
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irrigation
- /ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.
noun 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. “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. …”
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: watering, drainage, water, sprinkler, spray, perfusion, flow, lari, reclamation, risk, zaid, rae, rhee, rey, wetting, sprinkling
Translations
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noun the act or process of irrigating
| Español | riego, irrigación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 灌漑 kangai |
| 中文 | 灌溉 guàngài |
| हिन्दी | सिंचाई siñcāī |
| Kiswahili | umwagiliaji |
| Português | irrigação |
| Français | irrigation |
| Deutsch | Bewässerung, Irrigation, Beregnung |
| Italiano | irrigazione |
| Ελληνικά | άρδευση árdefsi |
| Русский | ороше́ние orošénije, иррига́ция irrigácija |
| Tiếng Việt | thủy lợi, thuỷ lợi |
| العربية | سَقْي saqy |
Talk about this word "irrigation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/irrigation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. irrigation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/irrigation "irrigation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/irrigation.Cite this
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title = {irrigation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/irrigation},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
