irrigate

EnglishEdit

Sprinklers spraying water to irrigate vine plants in a vineyard

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/
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VerbEdit

irrigate (third-person singular simple present irrigates, present participle irrigating, simple past and past participle irrigated)

(transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.
We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.
(transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.
The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

to supply farmland with water

Armenian: ոռոգել (hy) (oṙogel)
Bulgarian: поливам (bg) (polivam), напоявам (bg) (napojavam)
Catalan: irrigar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 灌溉 (zh) (guàngài)
Czech: zavlažovat (cs)
Danish: vande (da)
Esperanto: akvumi (eo)
Estonian: niisutama
Finnish: kastella (fi)
French: irriguer (fr)
Galician: irrigar
German: bewässern (de)
Greek:
Ancient: ἄρδω (árdō)

Irish: uiscigh
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: داشتِن‎ (ku) (daştin)
Latin: irrigō
Manx: ushtee
Maori: whakamākūkū
Occitan: irrigar
Portuguese: irrigar
Russian: ороша́ть (ru) impf (orošátʹ), ороси́ть (ru) pf (orosítʹ); ирриги́ровать (ru) impf or pf (irrigírovatʹ)
Slovene: namakati impf
Spanish: irrigar (es)
Swedish: bevattna (sv), konstbevattna (sv)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to clean a wound with a fluid

Bulgarian: промивам (bg) (promivam)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沖洗 (zh) (chōngxǐ)
Esperanto: akvumi (eo)

Finnish: puhdistaa haava nesteellä
Russian: промыва́ть (ru) impf (promyvátʹ), промы́ть (ru) pf (promýtʹ); спринцева́ть (ru) impf (sprincevátʹ)
Spanish: irrigar (es)

ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

irrigate

inflection of irrigare:
1. second-person plural present indicative
2. second-person plural imperative
feminine plural of irrigato

AnagramsEdit

argirite, geriatri, rigirate

LatinEdit

VerbEdit

irrigāte

second-person plural present active imperative of irrigō