Meanings
nounirrigation (countable and uncountable, plural irrigations)
plural irrigations
- countableuncountableThe act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.
“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. …”
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad
Origin
- Latinirrigatio
- Middle Frenchirrigation
- Englishirrigation
Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ὑδρεία
- ὑδρεία (hudreía)the act or process of irrigating
Arabic سَقْي
- سَقْي (saqy)the act or process of irrigating
Bengali সেচ
- সেচ (Sec)the act or process of irrigating
Bulgarian поливане, напояване
- поливане (polivane)the act or process of irrigating
- напояване (napojavane)the act or process of irrigating
Chinese Mandarin 灌溉
- 灌溉 (guàngài)the act or process of irrigating
Czech zavlažování
- zavlažováníthe act or process of irrigating
Danish vanding, overrisling
- vandingthe act or process of irrigating
- overrislingthe act or process of irrigating
- udskyldningthe act or process of irrigating
Dutch bevloeiing, irrigatie
- bevloeiingthe act or process of irrigating
- irrigatiethe act or process of irrigating
Esperanto irigacio, akvumado
- irigaciothe act or process of irrigating
- akvumadothe act or process of irrigating
- akvadothe act or process of irrigating
Finnish kastelu, sadetus
- kasteluthe act or process of irrigating
- sadetusthe act or process of irrigating
- keinokasteluthe act or process of irrigating
French irrigation
- irrigationthe act or process of irrigating
German Bewässerung, Irrigation
- Bewässerungthe act or process of irrigating
- Irrigationthe act or process of irrigating
- Beregnungthe act or process of irrigating
Greek άρδευση
- άρδευση (árdefsi)the act or process of irrigating
Hindi सिंचाई
- सिंचाई (siñcāī)the act or process of irrigating
Hungarian öntözés
- öntözésthe act or process of irrigating
Indonesian pengairan, irigasi
- pengairanthe act or process of irrigating
- irigasithe act or process of irrigating
Italian irrigazione
- irrigazionethe act or process of irrigating
Japanese 灌漑
- 灌漑 (kangai)the act or process of irrigating
Latin irrigātiō
- irrigātiōthe act or process of irrigating
Lithuanian drėkinimas, irigacija
- drėkinimasthe act or process of irrigating
- irigacijathe act or process of irrigating
Norwegian Bokmål vanning, vatning
- vanningthe act or process of irrigating
- vatningthe act or process of irrigating
- irrigasjonthe act or process of irrigating
Persian آبیاری
- آبیاری (âbyâri)the act or process of irrigating
Polish irygacja, nawadnianie
- irygacjathe act or process of irrigating
- nawadnianiethe act or process of irrigating
Portuguese irrigação
- irrigaçãothe act or process of irrigating
Punjabi ਆਬਪਾਸ਼ੀ
- ਆਬਪਾਸ਼ੀ (ābapāśī)the act or process of irrigating
Russian ороше́ние, иррига́ция
- ороше́ние (orošénije)the act or process of irrigating
- иррига́ция (irrigácija)the act or process of irrigating
Slovak zavlažovanie
- zavlažovaniethe act or process of irrigating
Spanish riego, irrigación
- riegothe act or process of irrigating
- irrigaciónthe act or process of irrigating
Swahili umwagiliaji
- umwagiliajithe act or process of irrigating
Swedish bevattning
- bevattningthe act or process of irrigating
Tamil பாசனம், நீர்ப்பாசனம்
- பாசனம் (pācaṉam)the act or process of irrigating
- நீர்ப்பாசனம் (nīrppācaṉam)the act or process of irrigating
Turkish sulama, gönen
- sulamathe act or process of irrigating
- gönenthe act or process of irrigating
Ukrainian ірига́ція
- ірига́ція (iryhácija)the act or process of irrigating
Vietnamese thủy lợi, thuỷ lợi
- thủy lợithe act or process of irrigating
- thuỷ lợithe act or process of irrigating
Yiddish באַוואַסערונג
- באַוואַסערונג (bavaserung)the act or process of irrigating
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with irrigation
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APA
irrigation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrigation
MLA
“irrigation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrigation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irrigation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irrigation.
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