irrigation
See also: Irrigation
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.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- “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. …”
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Derived terms
Translations
The act or process of irrigating
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin irrigatio, irrigationem.
Pronunciation
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Further reading
- “irrigation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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