Irish

//ˈaɪɹɪʃ//

Synonyms for "irish" (17 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

bad temper english gin irish gaelic

Strong matches (5)

Noun(4 words)

irish gaelic irish gaelic language irish language irish people

irish people

Related words (8)

Noun(2 words)

irish whiskey irish whisky

language monkey spirits temper whiskey writing system

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

11 entries

Erse Erse language Gaelic Gaelic language Goidelic Goidelic language country land nation whiskey whisky

Synonyms

2 entries

irish gaelic irish people

Related terms

3 entries

Erse Gaelic Wiktionary’s coverage of Irish terms

derived

40 entries

Anglo-Irish Bicycle Irish Connacht Irish Irish Blue Irish Blue Terrier Irish English Irish Hobby Irish bacon Irish blight Irish bouzouki Irish coffee Irish cream Irish diamond Irish exit Irish goodbye Irish harp

Showing 16 of 40 words.

has context

3 entries

derogatory ireland us

is a

6 entries

european gaelic nationality person person with nationality whiskey

related to

12 entries

board game erse gaelic goidelic indigenous ireland language passion tables temper whiskey whisky

Translations

281 translations across 84 languages.

Afrikaans

4 entries

Iers adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Iers adj (pertaining to the language)
Iere name (the people)
Iers name (the language)

Albanian

1 entries

irlandez adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Arabic

4 entries

إِيرْلَنْدِيّ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
أَيِرْلَنْدِيّ name (the language)
إِيرْلَنْدِيَّة name (the people)
إِيرْلَنْدِيّ name (the people)

Armenian

2 entries

իռլանդական adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
իռլանդերեն name (the language)

Asturian

3 entries

irlandés adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandés adj (pertaining to the language)
irlandés name (the language)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

irland adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Basque

3 entries

irlandar adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
gaelera name (the language)
irlandera name (the language)

Belarusian

4 entries

ірла́ндскі adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ірля́ндзкі adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ірла́ндзец name (the people)
ірла́ндка name (the people)

Bengali

1 entries

আইরিশ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Breton

2 entries

iwerzhonek adj (pertaining to the language)
iwerzhoneg name (the language)

Bulgarian

3 entries

ирла́ндски adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ирла́ндец name (the people)
ирла́ндка name (the people)

Burmese

1 entries

အိုင်ယာလန် adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Catalan

4 entries

irlandès adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandès adj (pertaining to the language)
irlandés adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandés adj (pertaining to the language)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎢᎤᎳᏂ name (the language)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

愛爾蘭的 /爱尔兰的 adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
愛爾蘭人 /爱尔兰人 name (the people)
愛爾蘭語 /爱尔兰语 name (the language)

Chinook Jargon

1 entries

ayrish name (the people)

Classical Gaelic

1 entries

Gaoidhealg name (the language)

Cornish

1 entries

Godhalek name (the language)

Czech

4 entries

irský adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Ir name (the people)
Irka name (the people)
irština name (the language)

Danish

3 entries

irsk adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irsk adj (pertaining to the language)
irsk name (the language)

Dutch

3 entries

Iers adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Iers adj (pertaining to the language)
Iers name (the language)

Esperanto

3 entries

irlanda adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandlingva adj (pertaining to the language)
irlanda lingvo name (the language)

Estonian

2 entries

iiri adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
iiri keel name (the language)

Faroese

4 entries

írskur adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
írskur adj (pertaining to the language)
íri name (the people)
írskt name (the language)

Finnish

4 entries

iirin adj (pertaining to the language)
iirinkielinen adj (pertaining to the language)
irkku adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlannin adj (pertaining to the language)

French

4 entries

gaélique adj (pertaining to the language)
irlandais adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandais adj (pertaining to the language)
Irlandais name (the people)

Galician

4 entries

irlandés adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandés adj (pertaining to the language)
irlandeses name (the people)
irlandés name (the language)

Georgian

4 entries

ირლანდიური adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ირლანდიური adj (pertaining to the language)
ირლანდიელები name (the people)
ირლანდიელი name (the people)

German

4 entries

Irisch adj (pertaining to the language)
irisch adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irländisch adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Gälisch name (the language)

Greek

1 entries

ιρλανδικά name (the language)

Hawaiian

3 entries

ʻIlelani adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ʻIlelani adj (pertaining to the language)
ʻIlelani name (the people)

Hebrew

3 entries

אִירִי adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
אִירִית name (the language)
אירים name (the people)

Hindi

1 entries

आयरिश adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Hungarian

2 entries

ír adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ír name (the language)

Icelandic

3 entries

írskur adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Írlendingar name (the people)
írska name (the language)

Indonesian

2 entries

Irlandia adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Irlandia name (the language)

Irish

4 entries

Gaelach adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Gaelach adj (pertaining to the language)
Éireannach adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Gaedhilg name (the language)

Italian

4 entries

irlandese adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandese adj (pertaining to the language)
gaelico name (the language)
irlandese name (the language)

Japanese

4 entries

アイルランドの adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
アイルランド語の adj (pertaining to the language)
アイルランド人 name (the people)
アイルランド語 name (the language)

Kazakh

1 entries

ирланд adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Khmer

2 entries

អៀរឡង់ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
អៀរ name (the language)

Korean

2 entries

아일랜드의 adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
아일랜드어 name (the language)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

ирланд adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Lao

1 entries

ອຽກລັງ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Latvian

4 entries

īrisks adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
īrisks adj (pertaining to the language)
īru adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
īru adj (pertaining to the language)

Lithuanian

4 entries

airiškas adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
airių adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
airių name (the language)
airių kalba name (the language)

Macedonian

4 entries

ирски adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ирски adj (pertaining to the language)
Ирец name (the people)
Ирка name (the people)

Malay

1 entries

Ireland adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Maltese

2 entries

Irlandiż adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
l-Irlandiż name (the language)

Manx

1 entries

Yernish name (the language)

Marathi

4 entries

आयरिश adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
आयरिश adj (pertaining to the language)
आयरिश name (the language)
आयरिश name (the people)

Middle French

4 entries

Irlandois name (the people)
Irlandoise name (the people)
Yrlandois name (the people)
Yrlandoise name (the people)

Mongolian

2 entries

ирланд adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ᠢᠷᠯᠠᠨᠳ᠋ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Navajo

2 entries

Aárish bizaad name (the language)
Dághaałchííʼ dineʼé name (the people)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

irsk adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irsk adj (pertaining to the language)
irsk name (the language)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

irsk adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irsk adj (pertaining to the language)
irsk name (the language)

Old Norse

1 entries

írar name (the people)

Persian

4 entries

ایرلندی adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ایرلندی adj (pertaining to the language)
ایرلندی name (the language)
ایرلندی name (the people)

Polish

4 entries

irlandzki adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandzki adj (pertaining to the language)
Irlandczyk name (the people)
Irlandka name (the people)

Portuguese

4 entries

irlandês adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandês adj (pertaining to the language)
gaélico name (the language)
irlandeses name (the people)

Romanian

4 entries

irlandez adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandez adj (pertaining to the language)
irlandez name (the people)
irlandeză name (the language)

Russian

4 entries

ирла́ндский adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ирла́ндский adj (pertaining to the language)
и́рландский name (the language)
ирла́ндец name (the people)

Scots

4 entries

Erse adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Erse adj (pertaining to the language)
Erse name (the language)
Erse name (the people)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

Èireannach adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Gaeilge name (the language)
na h-Èireannaich name (the people)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ȋrskī adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ȋrskī adj (pertaining to the language)
и̑рскӣ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
и̑рскӣ adj (pertaining to the language)

Slovak

3 entries

irský adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Ír name (the people)
Írka name (the people)

Slovene

4 entries

írski adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
írski adj (pertaining to the language)
Irec name (the people)
írščina name (the language)

Spanish

4 entries

irlandés adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandés adj (pertaining to the language)
irlandeses name (the people)
irlandés name (the language)

Swedish

3 entries

irisk adj (pertaining to the language)
irländsk adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
iriska name (the language)

Tagalog

4 entries

Irlandes adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Irlandes adj (pertaining to the language)
Irlandes name (the language)
Irlandes name (the people)

Tajik

2 entries

ирландиягӣ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ирландӣ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Tatar

1 entries

ирланд adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Thai

3 entries

ไอริช adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ไอริช adj (pertaining to the language)
ไอร์แลนด์ adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Tigrinya

1 entries

አይሪሽ name (the language)

Turkish

1 entries

İrlanda adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Turkmen

1 entries

irland adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ірла́ндський adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
ірла́ндець name (the people)
ірла́ндка name (the people)
ірла́ндська name (the language)

Urdu

4 entries

آئرستانی adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
آئرستانی adj (pertaining to the language)
آئرش adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
آئرش adj (pertaining to the language)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئرېلاندىيە adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Uzbek

2 entries

irland adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
irlandiyalik adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)

Vietnamese

3 entries

Ái Nhĩ Lan adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
người Ai-len name (the people)
tiếng Ai-len name (the language)

Volapük

1 entries

Lireyänapük name (the language)

Welsh

4 entries

Gwyddeleg adj (pertaining to the language)
Gwyddelig adj (pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people)
Gwyddeleg name (the language)
Gwyddelod name (the people)

West-Frisian

1 entries

Iersk name (the language)

Sample sentences

20 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I hear you Irish are a bunch of drinkin' fools.

Source: tatoeba (64856)

He is good at imitating her Irish accent.

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Irish folklore has it that there is a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow.

Source: tatoeba (553575)

I give up. What do an Irish priest and Congolese witch doctor have in common?

Source: tatoeba (601982)

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