impregnation

impregnation

See also: imprégnation

English

Etymology

Middle English impregnacioun, from Old French impregnacion, in turn from Late Latin impregnatio.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪmpɹɛɡˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

impregnation (countable and uncountable, plural impregnations)

1. The act of making pregnant; fertilization.
2. The fact or process of imbuing or saturating with something; diffusion of some element, idea etc. through a medium or substance.
3. That with which anything is impregnated.
4. (geology) An ore deposit, with indefinite boundaries, consisting of rock impregnated with ore.

Translations

act of making pregnant

Arabic: تَلْقِيح‎ (talqīḥ) Bulgarian: оплождане n (oploždane) Finnish: hedelmöitys (fi), hedelmöittäminen (fi) Indonesian: penghamilan (id) Irish: toirchiú m

Polish: zapłodnienie (pl) n Russian: оплодотворе́ние (ru) n (oplodotvorénije), зача́тие (ru) n (začátije) Swedish: befruktning (sv) c Telugu: గర్భాదానము (te) (garbhādānamu)

fact or process of saturating with something

Bulgarian: напояване n (napojavane), насищане (bg) n (nasištane) Finnish: kyllästäminen (fi) (saturation); levittäminen (fi) (diffusion) French: imprégnation (fr) f

Malay: impregnasi, pengisitepuan (saturation) Polish: impregnacja f Russian: пропитывание (ru) n (propityvanije), насыще́ние (ru) n (nasyščénije)

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French impregnacion, from Late Latin impregnatio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ĩpreɳasjõ/, /ĩpreɡnasjõ/

Noun

impregnation f (plural impregnations)

1. impregnation, fertilization
2. saturation, impregnation