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irrigation

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 R AH0 G EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

(medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medical care, medical aid

Narrower terms: eyedrop, eye-drop, douche, enema, clyster, lavage

3

noun

Meaning 3

supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: provision, supply, supplying

History

Etymology

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
Real reading context

irrigation in complete knowledge articles