fumigation

From Middle English fumygacioun, from Old French fumigation, from Late Latin fumigatio, fumigationem, from Latin fumigo.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfjuːmɪɡeɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

fumigation (countable and uncountable, plural fumigations)

1. The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
2. Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.

• fumigate

• IPA^(key): /fy.mi.ɡa.sjɔ̃/

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fumigation f (plural fumigations)

1. fumigation

• “fumigation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.