English pronunciation · Words Starting with I
Irrigation Pronunciation
Irrigation is pronounced i-ruh-GAY-shuhn, IPA /ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən/.
i-ruh-GAY-shuhn
US /ˌɪrəˈgeɪʃən/ · UK /ˌɪrɪˈgeɪʃən/
Syllables: i · ruh · GAY · shuhn (4 syllables, stress on syllable 3)
noun: Supplying land with water through channels or pipes so that crops will grow.
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Irrigation in a Sentence
- The irrigation channels date from the Ottoman period.
- Without irrigation nothing would grow on this plain.
- They repaired the irrigation pump in March.
Common Mispronunciations of Irrigation
Not I-ruh-gay-shuhn
GAY is the loud third beat, with the two before it reduced almost to nothing.
Not i-ruh-GAY-see-uhn
Four letters, one sound: tion comes out as shuhn, and reading the t apart from the i adds a beat the word does not have.
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