Meanings
plural impregnations
- countableuncountableThe act of making pregnant; fertilization.
- countableuncountableThe fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
Earths and alkalies are simply metallic oxides; whilst a farther impregnation of these substances with oxygen produces an acid....
1846, unspecified, METALS, OXIDES, EARTHS AND ALKALIES - countableuncountableThat with which anything is impregnated.
- countableuncountablegeographyAn ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.
Oil-shales are often the last relics of a former impregnation with petroleum; they are associated with phenomena—such as the intrusive asphaltites or manjacks—common to petroliferous regions, but in many cases the parent oilfields, the sources of the former impregnation, are things of the past.
1922, Intermountain Industry and Engineering: Official Publication: Utah Motor Transport Ass'n, volume 24
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe process of totally saturating something with a substance
nouncreation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinimpregnatio
- Old Frenchimpregnacion
- Middle Englishimpregnacioun
- Englishimpregnation
From Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic تَلْقِيح
- تَلْقِيح (talqīḥ)act of making pregnant
Bulgarian опло́ждане, напоя́ване
- опло́ждане (oplóždane)act of making pregnant
- напоя́ване (napojávane)fact or process of saturating with something
- наси́щане (nasíštane)fact or process of saturating with something
Catalan impregnació, impregnació
- impregnacióact of making pregnant
- impregnaciófact or process of saturating with something
Chinese Mandarin 受精, 受胎
- 受精 (shòujīng)act of making pregnant
- 受胎 (shòutāi)act of making pregnant
Czech oplození, impregnace
- oplozeníact of making pregnant
- impregnaceact of making pregnant
Danish befrugtning
- befrugtningact of making pregnant
Dutch bevruchting
- bevruchtingact of making pregnant
Finnish hedelmöitys, hedelmöittäminen
- hedelmöitysact of making pregnant
- hedelmöittäminenact of making pregnant
- kyllästäminenfact or process of saturating with something
- levittäminenfact or process of saturating with something
French fécondation, imprégnation
- fécondationact of making pregnant
- imprégnationact of making pregnant
- imprégnationfact or process of saturating with something
German Befruchtung
- Befruchtungact of making pregnant
Hindi निषेचन, गर्भाधान
- निषेचन (niṣecan)act of making pregnant
- गर्भाधान (garbhādhān)act of making pregnant
Hungarian átitatás
- átitatásact of making pregnant
Icelandic frjóvgun
- frjóvgunact of making pregnant
Indonesian penghamilan
- penghamilanact of making pregnant
Irish toirchiú
- toirchiúact of making pregnant
Italian impregnazione, fecondazione
- impregnazioneact of making pregnant
- fecondazioneact of making pregnant
- permeazionefact or process of saturating with something
- impregnazionefact or process of saturating with something
Japanese 受胎, 懐胎
- 受胎 (jutai)act of making pregnant
- 懐胎 (kaitai)act of making pregnant
- 受精 (jusei)act of making pregnant
Korean 수태, 수정
- 수태 (sutae)act of making pregnant
- 수정 (sujeong)act of making pregnant
Malay impregnasi, pengisitepuan
- impregnasifact or process of saturating with something
- pengisitepuanfact or process of saturating with something
Norwegian Bokmål befruktning
- befruktningact of making pregnant
Persian تلقیح
- تلقیح (talqih)act of making pregnant
Polish zapłodnienie, impregnacja
- zapłodnienieact of making pregnant
- impregnacjafact or process of saturating with something
Portuguese impregnação, fecundação
- impregnaçãoact of making pregnant
- fecundaçãoact of making pregnant
- permeaçãofact or process of saturating with something
Romanian fecundare
- fecundareact of making pregnant
Russian оплодотворе́ние, зача́тие
- оплодотворе́ние (oplodotvorénije)act of making pregnant
- зача́тие (začátije)act of making pregnant
- пропи́тывание (propítyvanije)fact or process of saturating with something
- насыще́ние (nasyščénije)fact or process of saturating with something
Spanish empreñación (disused), fecundación
- empreñación (disused)act of making pregnant
- fecundaciónact of making pregnant
- fecundizaciónact of making pregnant
- impregnaciónact of making pregnant
- impregnaciónfact or process of saturating with something
Swedish befruktning
- befruktningact of making pregnant
Ukrainian заплі́днення, заплі́днювання
- заплі́днення (zaplídnennja)act of making pregnant
- заплі́днювання (zaplídnjuvannja)act of making pregnant
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with impregnation
Cite this entry
impregnation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impregnation
“impregnation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impregnation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “impregnation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impregnation.
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