impregnation

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹɛɡˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

impregnation (countable and uncountable, plural impregnations)

1. The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
2. The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
3. That with which anything is impregnated.
4. (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.

From Old French impregnacion, from Late Latin impregnatio

• IPA^(key): /ĩpreɳasjõ/, /ĩpreɡnasjõ/

impregnation f (plural impregnations)

1. impregnation, fertilization
2. saturation, impregnation