How to pronounce irrigate
American English pronunciation
IR-ih-gayt
- IPA
- /ˈɪɹɪˌɡeɪt/
- Syllables
- IR · ih · gayt (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What irrigate means
To bring water to fields or crops through ditches or pipes
In a sentence: The farmers dug long ditches to irrigate their corn during the dry summer.
Where it comes from: From a Latin word meaning "to water." It first showed up in English in 1615.
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