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/ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: medical care, medical aid
Narrower terms: eyedrop, eye-drop, douche, enema, clyster, lavage
supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: provision, supply, supplying
Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.
Across languages
Translations
80 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
سَقْي
(saqy)
— the act or process of irrigating
Arabic :
سقاية
(siʔāya)
— the act or process of irrigating
Armenian :
ոռոգում
(oṙogum)
— the act or process of irrigating
Belarusian :
арашэнне
(arašennje)
— the act or process of irrigating
Belarusian :
абвадненне
(abvadnjennje)
— the act or process of irrigating
Belarusian :
ірыгацыя
(iryhacyja)
— the act or process of irrigating
Belarusian :
арашэньне
(arašenʹnje)
— the act or process of irrigating
Bengali :
সেচ
(Sec)
— the act or process of irrigating
Bhojpuri :
सिंचाई
(siñcāī)
— the act or process of irrigating
Bulgarian :
поливане
(polivane)
— the act or process of irrigating
Bulgarian :
напояване
(napojavane)
— the act or process of irrigating
Buryat :
ᠤᠰᠤᠵᠢᠭᠤᠯᠭᠠ
(usuǰiɣulɣa)
— the act or process of irrigating
Chinese Mandarin :
灌溉
(guàngài)
— the act or process of irrigating
Czech :
zavlažování
— the act or process of irrigating
Danish :
vanding
— the act or process of irrigating
Danish :
overrisling
— the act or process of irrigating
Danish :
udskyldning
— the act or process of irrigating
Dutch :
bevloeiing
— the act or process of irrigating
Dutch :
irrigatie
— the act or process of irrigating
Esperanto :
irigacio
— the act or process of irrigating
Esperanto :
akvumado
— the act or process of irrigating
Esperanto :
akvado
— the act or process of irrigating
Finnish :
kastelu
— the act or process of irrigating
Finnish :
sadetus
— the act or process of irrigating
Finnish :
keinokastelu
— the act or process of irrigating
French :
irrigation
— the act or process of irrigating
Georgian :
ირიგაცია
(irigacia)
— the act or process of irrigating
Georgian :
რწყვა
(rc̣q̇va)
— the act or process of irrigating
Georgian :
მორწყვა
(morc̣q̇va)
— the act or process of irrigating
German :
Bewässerung
— the act or process of irrigating
German :
Irrigation
— the act or process of irrigating
German :
Beregnung
— the act or process of irrigating
Greek :
άρδευση
(árdefsi)
— the act or process of irrigating
Ancient Greek :
ὑδρεία
(hudreía)
— the act or process of irrigating
Hindi :
सिंचाई
(siñcāī)
— the act or process of irrigating
Hungarian :
öntözés
— the act or process of irrigating
Indonesian :
pengairan
— the act or process of irrigating
Indonesian :
irigasi
— the act or process of irrigating
Italian :
irrigazione
— the act or process of irrigating
Japanese :
灌漑
(kangai)
— the act or process of irrigating
Kazakh :
суармалау
(suarmalau)
— the act or process of irrigating
Latin :
irrigātiō
— the act or process of irrigating
Lithuanian :
drėkinimas
— the act or process of irrigating
Lithuanian :
irigacija
— the act or process of irrigating
Macedonian :
наводну́вање
(navodnúvanje)
— the act or process of irrigating
Macedonian :
ирига́ција
(irigácija)
— the act or process of irrigating
Malayalam :
ജലസേചനം
(jalasēcanaṁ)
— the act or process of irrigating
Manx :
ushtaghey
— the act or process of irrigating
Navajo :
nidaʼąnyéézh
— the act or process of irrigating
Norwegian Bokmål :
vanning
— the act or process of irrigating
Norwegian Bokmål :
vatning
— the act or process of irrigating
Norwegian Bokmål :
irrigasjon
— the act or process of irrigating
Norwegian Nynorsk :
vatning
— the act or process of irrigating
Norwegian Nynorsk :
kunstig vatning
— the act or process of irrigating
Norwegian Nynorsk :
irrigasjon
— the act or process of irrigating
Pashto :
آب پاشِي
— the act or process of irrigating
Persian :
آبیاری
(âbyâri)
— the act or process of irrigating
Plautdietsch :
Wessrunk
— the act or process of irrigating
Plautdietsch :
Bewotrunk
— the act or process of irrigating
Polish :
irygacja
— the act or process of irrigating
Polish :
nawadnianie
— the act or process of irrigating
Portuguese :
irrigação
— the act or process of irrigating
Punjabi :
ਆਬਪਾਸ਼ੀ
(ābapāśī)
— the act or process of irrigating
Russian :
ороше́ние
(orošénije)
— the act or process of irrigating
Russian :
иррига́ция
(irrigácija)
— the act or process of irrigating
Serbo-Croatian :
navodnjavanje
— the act or process of irrigating
Serbo-Croatian :
наводњавање
— the act or process of irrigating
Slovak :
zavlažovanie
— the act or process of irrigating
Spanish :
riego
— the act or process of irrigating
Spanish :
irrigación
— the act or process of irrigating
Swahili :
umwagiliaji
— the act or process of irrigating
Swedish :
bevattning
— the act or process of irrigating
Tamil :
பாசனம்
(pācaṉam)
— the act or process of irrigating
Tamil :
நீர்ப்பாசனம்
(nīrppācaṉam)
— the act or process of irrigating
Turkish :
sulama
— the act or process of irrigating
Turkish :
gönen
— the act or process of irrigating
Ukrainian :
ірига́ція
(iryhácija)
— the act or process of irrigating
Vietnamese :
thủy lợi
— the act or process of irrigating
Vietnamese :
thuỷ lợi
— the act or process of irrigating
Yiddish :
באַוואַסערונג
(bavaserung)
— the act or process of irrigating