irrigation

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English

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Sprinklers' function is irrigating vine plants in a vineyard

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.

Pronunciation

Noun

irrigation (countable and uncountable, plural irrigations)

  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.
    • 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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French

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irrigātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
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  • Hyphenation: i‧rri‧ga‧tion

Noun

irrigation f (plural irrigations)

  1. irrigation

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