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  (ī'rĭsh) pronunciation
adj.

Of or relating to Ireland or its people, language, or culture.

n.
  1. (used with a pl. verb) The people of Ireland.
    1. See Irish Gaelic.
    2. See Irish English.
  2. Informal. Fieriness of temper or passion; high spirit.

[Middle English, from Old English Īras, the Irish.]


 
 
WordNet: Irish
Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: people of Ireland or of Irish extraction
  Synonyms: Irish people, the Irish

Meaning #2: made in Ireland chiefly from barley
  Synonyms: Irish whiskey, Irish whisky

Meaning #3: the Celtic language of Ireland
  Synonym: Irish Gaelic


The adjective Irish has one meaning:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or characteristic of Ireland or its people
  Pertains to noun: Ireland (meaning #2)


 
Wikipedia: Irish (disambiguation)

Irish may refer to:

Note that the term can, in certain circumstances, relate only to the Republic of Ireland (such as Irish Government), and also, less commonly, exclusively to Northern Ireland (such as the Irish Football Association)

See also:


 

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - Irsk
n. - Irer, Irlænder

Nederlands (Dutch)
Ieren, Iers

Français (French)
adj. - irlandais
n. - Irlandais, (Ling) irlandais

Deutsch (German)
n. - Irisch, Iren
adj. - irisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - (οι) Ιρλανδοί
n. - Ιρλανδός, ιρλανδική (γλώσσα)
adj. - ιρλανδικός, Ιρλανδός

Italiano (Italian)
irlandese

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - irlandeses (m pl)
n. - habitante (m) e língua (f) da Irlanda
adj. - irlandês

Русский (Russian)
ирландский народ, ирландский язык, ирландский

Español (Spanish)
adj. - irlandeses, irlandés, de Irlanda
n. - irlandeses, irlandés

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - irländarna, irerna
n. - irländska (språket), iriska (språket)
adj. - irländsk, irisk, absurd (neds.), ologisk

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
爱尔兰的, 爱尔兰人的, 爱尔兰人, 爱尔兰语

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 愛爾蘭的, 愛爾蘭人的
n. - 愛爾蘭人, 愛爾蘭語

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 아일랜드의, 아일랜드 사람의, 아일랜드 말의
n. - 아일랜드 말, 아일랜드 사람

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アイルランド語, アイルランド人
adj. - アイルランドの, アイルランド人の, アイルランド語の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) الأيرلنديون (الاسم) اللغه الأيرلنديه, الشخص الأيرلندي (صفه) أيرلندي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮אירי‬
n. - ‮אירי, אירית (שפה)‬


 
 

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