Meanings
nounfumigation (countable and uncountable, plural fumigations)
plural fumigations
- countableuncountableThe act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
- countableuncountableVapor raised in the process of fumigating.
Origin
- Latinfumigo
- Late Latinfumigatio, fumigationem
- Old Frenchfumigation
- Middle Englishfumygacioun
- Englishfumigation
From Middle English fumygacioun, from Old French fumigation, from Late Latin fumigatio, fumigationem, from Latin fumigo.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan fumigació
- fumigacióact
Esperanto fumigacio
- fumigacioact
Finnish savustus, höyrytys
- savustusact
- höyrytysact
Korean 훈증
- 훈증 (hunjeung)act
Latin suffitio, fumigatio
- suffitioact
- fumigatioact
Persian تدخین
- تدخین (tadxin)act
Portuguese fumigação
- fumigaçãoact
Spanish fumigación
- fumigaciónact
Tagalog luop, pagluluop
- luopact
- pagluluopact
- sangasawact
- panluopvapor
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fumigation
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
fumigation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumigation
MLA
“fumigation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumigation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fumigation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fumigation.
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