different between installation vs irrigation

English

Etymology

From Middle French installation, from Medieval Latin installatioMorphologically install +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?nst??le???n]
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

installation (countable and uncountable, plural installations)

1. An act of installing.
2. Something installed, especially the whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc.
3. A work of installation art.
4. A grouping of facilities that constitute a permanent military base.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• installation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

installer +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.ta.la.sj??/

Noun

installation f (plural installations)

1. installation

Further reading

• “installation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French irrigation, from Latin irrigatio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

irrigation (countable and uncountable, plural irrigations)

1. The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants.

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin irrigatio, irrigationem.

Pronunciation

Noun

irrigation f (plural irrigations)

1. irrigation

Related terms

• irriguer

Further reading

• “irrigation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).