fumigation

English

Etymology

From Middle English fumygacioun, from Old French fumigation, from Late Latin fumigatio, fumigationem, from Latin fumigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

fumigation (countable and uncountable, plural fumigations)

1. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.

Derived terms

Terms derived from fumigation (noun)

• fumigation tent

 

Related terms

• fumigate

Translations

act

• Catalan: fumigació f
• Esperanto: fumigacio
• Finnish: savustus (fi) (with smoke), höyrytys (fi) (with steam)
• Latin: suffitio f, fumigatio f
• Portuguese: fumigação f
• Spanish: fumigación f
• Tagalog: luop, pagluluop, sangasaw

vapor

• Tagalog: panluop

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fy.mi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

fumigation f (plural fumigations)

1. fumigation

Further reading

• “fumigation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.