Irrigation

//ˌɪɹəˈɡeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "irrigation" (64 found)

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Closest matches (13)

flooding spraying sprinkling ablution affusion aspergation aspersion baptism bath bathing bedewing cleaning out dampening

Strong matches (19)

damping deluge dewing douche douching drowning elution elutriation enema flush flushing flushing out hosing hosing down humidification immersion inundation lathering lavabo

Related words (32)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

medical aid medical care provision supply supplying

Synonyms

4 entries

flooding soaking spraying sprinkling

derived

16 entries

bioirrigation chemigation drip irrigation fertigation interirrigation irrigational irrigationist micro-irrigation nasal irrigation nonirrigation overirrigation preirrigation proirrigation reirrigation subirrigation underirrigation

has context

1 entries

medicine

is a

3 entries

medical care provision watering

related to

11 entries

crop crop watering farming farms rural rural water sprinklers used used farming water watering

Translations

80 translations across 49 languages.

Ancient Greek

1 entries

ὑδρεία noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Arabic

2 entries

سقاية noun (the act or process of irrigating)
سَقْي noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Armenian

1 entries

ոռոգում noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Belarusian

4 entries

абвадненне noun (the act or process of irrigating)
арашэнне noun (the act or process of irrigating)
арашэньне noun (the act or process of irrigating)
ірыгацыя noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Bengali

1 entries

সেচ noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

सिंचाई noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Bulgarian

2 entries

напояване noun (the act or process of irrigating)
поливане noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Buryat

1 entries

ᠤᠰᠤᠵᠢᠭᠤᠯᠭᠠ noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

灌溉 noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Czech

1 entries

zavlažování noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Danish

3 entries

overrisling noun (the act or process of irrigating)
udskyldning noun (the act or process of irrigating)
vanding noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Dutch

2 entries

bevloeiing noun (the act or process of irrigating)
irrigatie noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Esperanto

3 entries

akvado noun (the act or process of irrigating)
akvumado noun (the act or process of irrigating)
irigacio noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Finnish

3 entries

kastelu noun (the act or process of irrigating)
keinokastelu noun (the act or process of irrigating)
sadetus noun (the act or process of irrigating)

French

1 entries

irrigation noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Georgian

3 entries

ირიგაცია noun (the act or process of irrigating)
მორწყვა noun (the act or process of irrigating)
რწყვა noun (the act or process of irrigating)

German

3 entries

Beregnung noun (the act or process of irrigating)
Bewässerung noun (the act or process of irrigating)
Irrigation noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Greek

1 entries

άρδευση noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Hindi

1 entries

सिंचाई noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Hungarian

1 entries

öntözés noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Indonesian

2 entries

irigasi noun (the act or process of irrigating)
pengairan noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Italian

1 entries

irrigazione noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Japanese

1 entries

灌漑 noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Kazakh

1 entries

суармалау noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Latin

1 entries

irrigātiō noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Lithuanian

2 entries

drėkinimas noun (the act or process of irrigating)
irigacija noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Macedonian

2 entries

ирига́ција noun (the act or process of irrigating)
наводну́вање noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Malayalam

1 entries

ജലസേചനം noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Manx

1 entries

ushtaghey noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Navajo

1 entries

nidaʼąnyéézh noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

irrigasjon noun (the act or process of irrigating)
vanning noun (the act or process of irrigating)
vatning noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

irrigasjon noun (the act or process of irrigating)
kunstig vatning noun (the act or process of irrigating)
vatning noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Pashto

1 entries

آب پاشِي noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Persian

1 entries

آبیاری noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Bewotrunk noun (the act or process of irrigating)
Wessrunk noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Polish

2 entries

irygacja noun (the act or process of irrigating)
nawadnianie noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Portuguese

1 entries

irrigação noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਆਬਪਾਸ਼ੀ noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Russian

2 entries

иррига́ция noun (the act or process of irrigating)
ороше́ние noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

navodnjavanje noun (the act or process of irrigating)
наводњавање noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Slovak

1 entries

zavlažovanie noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Spanish

2 entries

irrigación noun (the act or process of irrigating)
riego noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Swahili

1 entries

umwagiliaji noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Swedish

1 entries

bevattning noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Tamil

2 entries

நீர்ப்பாசனம் noun (the act or process of irrigating)
பாசனம் noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Turkish

2 entries

gönen noun (the act or process of irrigating)
sulama noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Ukrainian

1 entries

ірига́ція noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Vietnamese

2 entries

thuỷ lợi noun (the act or process of irrigating)
thủy lợi noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Yiddish

1 entries

באַוואַסערונג noun (the act or process of irrigating)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The aquifer provides water for irrigation.

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Sami's body was found in the irrigation canal.

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Rainwater is distributed through an irrigation system and collected in cisterns for the rooftop garden.

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Around half of humanity relies upon water and rivers that originate in the high mountains. And, so this is used for irrigation. It is used for power production, hydroelectricity. It is used for our urban and community water supplies and it provides essential water for ecosystems from the mountaintop down to the sea.

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