irrigate

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin irrigare.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/

VerbEdit

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

1. (transitive) To supply (farmland) with water, by building ditches, pipes, etc.

   We need to irrigate the land before we plant the crops.

2. (transitive) To clean (a wound) with a fluid.

   The nurse will show you how to irrigate the wound to prevent infection.

Related termsEdit

• irrigation
• irrigator

TranslationsEdit

to supply farmland with water

• Armenian: ոռոգել (hy) (oṙogel)
• Catalan: irrigar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 灌溉 (zh) (guàngài)

• Czech: zavlažovat
• Danish: vande (da)
• Esperanto: akvumi
• Estonian: niisutama
• Finnish: kastella (fi)
• French: irriguer (fr)

• Galician: irrigar
• German: bewässern (de)
• Irish: uiscigh
• Manx: ushtee
• Maori: whakamākūkū
• Portuguese: irrigar
• Russian: ороша́ть (ru) impf (orošátʹ), ороси́ть (ru) pf (orosítʹ); ирриги́ровать impf, pf (irrigírovatʹ)
• Spanish: irrigar (es)
• Swedish: bevattna (sv), konstbevattna (sv)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

to clean a wound with a fluid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沖洗 (zh) (chōngxǐ)

• Esperanto: akvumi

• Finnish: puhdistaa haava nesteellä
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: irrigar (es)

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ItalianEdit

VerbEdit

irrigate

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

AnagramsEdit

• geriatri
• rigirate

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

irrigāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of irrigō