Irish

Meaning

Name

1. (uncountable) The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
2. The Irish people.
3. A surname originating as an ethnonym.
4. A female given name of chiefly Philippine usage.

Noun

1. (obsolete, uncountable) A board game of the tables family.
2. (US, uncountable) Temper; anger, passion.
3. (countable, uncountable) Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.

Adj

1. Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
2. Pertaining to the Irish language.
3. (derogatory) nonsensical, daft or complex.

Synonyms

Irish Gaelic

Irishman

Irish people

Irish whisky

Irish whiskey

Gaelic

Irishwoman

Irish person

Erse

usque

mick

whiskey

whisky

Anglo-Irish

𐐌𐑉𐐮𐑇

Irelander

Translations

irlandais

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irlandés

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irlandese

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Irisch

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irlandès

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Iers

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irlandês

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gaélique irlandais

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irisch

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gaèlic irlandès

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Irlandês

Irlandais

Irisch-Gälisch

Ιρλανδικά

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaɪɹɪʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Irish

Inherited from Old English: *Īrisċ

Cognate with Irish: Éire

Cognate with Ancient Greek: πίειρα

Cognate with Sanskrit: पीवरी

In summary

From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat”).