irrigation
/ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən/ih-ruh-GAY-shuhn
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən/ih-ruh-GAY-shuhn
Meaningthe act of irrigating
Common meaning: watering land through channels or pipes
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- irnot
- rigto waterLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1595 · scan
- atverb or adjective ending: to make, having
- ionnoun ending: act or result
‘not’ + ‘to water’ → irrigation
Journey through time
- Latinrigō, rigāre‘to water’
- Englishirrigate‘to supply land with water’
- Englishformed in English from irrigateirrigation‘watering land through channels or pipes’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from irrigate + -ion.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), IRRIGATE, p.303 · scan
Roots
- rigō, rigāre Latin “to water”
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