English Online Dictionary. What means irrigation? What does irrigation mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin irrigātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
- Hyphenation: i‧rri‧ga‧tion
Noun
irrigation f (plural irrigations)
- irrigation
Related terms
Further reading
- “irrigation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.