irrigation
French, noun/i.ʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
irrigation is spelled I-R-R-I-G-A-T-I-O-N (10 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written French, the 15,828th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irrigation is a French feminine noun meaning “irrigation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de distribuer artificiellement de l’eau sur des terres agricoles afin de favoriser la croissance des…”.
What does irrigation mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineirrigation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de distribuer artificiellement de l’eau sur des terres agricoles afin de favoriser la croissance des plantes, au moyen de canaux, de rigoles, de systèmes d’aspersion ou de goutte-à-goutte. 2. Nettoyage d’un organe en l’irriguant.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of irrigation
- irrigations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irrigation?
- /i.ʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/
- \i.ʁi.ɡa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to irrigation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is irrigation in French?
irrigation appears 3.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).