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Meaning of "Irish" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IRISH

Irish  [ˈaɪrɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IRISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Irish can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES IRISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Irish

Irish may refer to something of, from, or related to Ireland, an island situated off the north-western coast of continental Europe including: ▪ The Irish language, also known as Irish Gaelic, a Goidelic language spoken in Ireland ▪ Irish, a subject of the Junior Cycle examination in secondary schools in the Republic of Ireland ▪ Irish people, nationals or natives of the island, and their descendants ▪ Irish, a given name or family name...

Definition of Irish in the English dictionary

The definition of Irish in the dictionary is of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of English. Other definition of Irish is ludicrous or illogical.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IRISH


amateurish
ˈæmətərɪʃ
barish
ˈbɛərɪʃ
bearish
ˈbɛərɪʃ
cherish
ˈtʃɛrɪʃ
feverish
ˈfiːvərɪʃ
flourish
ˈflʌrɪʃ
Frisch
frɪʃ
garish
ˈɡɛərɪʃ
gibberish
ˈdʒɪbərɪʃ
harish
ˈhɛərɪʃ
impoverish
ɪmˈpɒvərɪʃ
marish
ˈmærɪʃ
Moorish
ˈmʊərɪʃ
nightmarish
ˈnaɪtˌmɛərɪʃ
nourish
ˈnʌrɪʃ
parish
ˈpærɪʃ
perish
ˈpɛrɪʃ
Scotch-Irish
ˈskɒtʃˈaɪrɪʃ
squarish
ˈskweərɪʃ
whorish
ˈhɔːrɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IRISH

Irish bull
Irish coffee
Irish elk
Irish Free State
Irish Gaelic
Irish moss
Irish pipes
Irish potato
Irish Republic
Irish Republican Army
Irish Sea
Irish setter
Irish stew
Irish terrier
Irish water spaniel
Irish whiskey
Irish wolfhound
Irishism
Irishman

WORDS THAT END LIKE IRISH

Anglo-Irish
arish
arrish
boorish
fairish
lickerish
liquorish
morish
noirish
Northern Irish
ogrish
Old Irish
on the parish
Quakerish
sourish
the Anglo-Irish
the Irish
tigerish
tovarish
vigorish

Synonyms and antonyms of Irish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «IRISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «Irish» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of Irish

Translation of «Irish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IRISH

Find out the translation of Irish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Irish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Irish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

爱尔兰的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irlandés
570 millions of speakers

English

Irish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आयरिश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إِيرْلَنْدِيٌّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ирландский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

irlandês
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আইরিশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irlandais
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ireland
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

irisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アイルランドの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아일랜드의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Irlandia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thuộc nước/người/tiếng Ireland
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஐரிஷ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आयरीश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İrlanda
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

irlandese
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

irlandzki
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ірландський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

irlandez
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ιρλανδικός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Ierse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

irländsk
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

irsk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Irish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IRISH»

The term «Irish» is very widely used and occupies the 5.127 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Irish
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Irish».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IRISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Irish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Irish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Irish

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «IRISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Irish.
1
Chris Abani
I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style.
2
Gerry Adams
But if republicans are to prevail, if the peace process is to be successfully concluded and Irish sovereignty and re-unification secured, then we have to set the agenda - no-one else is going to do that.
3
Dido Armstrong
My dad's Irish music was such a huge influence.
4
Brendan Behan
Other people have a nationality. The Irish and the Jews have a psychosis.
5
John Boyne
I don't buy into the idea that an Irish writer should write about Ireland, or a gay writer should write about being gay.
6
Geraldine Brooks
My mother's family were full-on Irish Catholics - faith in an elaborate old fashioned, highly conservative and madly baroque style. I sort of fell out of the tribe over women's rights and social justice issues when I was just 13 years old.
7
Jeb Bush
Second-generation Hispanics marry non-Hispanics at a higher rate than second-generation Irish or Italians. Second-generation Hispanics' English language capability rates are higher than previous immigrant groups'.
8
James Callaghan
There is not a single injustice in Northern Ireland that is worth the loss of a single British soldier or a single Irish citizen either.
9
John Carney
I dropped out of school at 17 and joined the Irish band The Frames, getting my first glimpse into the world of professional film making while shooting of a number of rock videos.
10
Jasper Carrott
When I hit the scene, there was Billy Connolly and Max Boyce. It was all mother-in-law and Irish jokes, and we broke the mould. Now there are thousands of comedians out there, and I don't think I can be above it all.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IRISH»

Discover the use of Irish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Irish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The New York Irish
It offers a fresh perspective on an immigrant people's encounter with the famed metropolis. A joint project of the Irish Institute and the New York Irish History Roundtable
Ronald H. Bayor, Timothy J. Meagher, 1997
2
The Great Irish Famine
A concise analysis of one of the great disasters of Irish history.
Cormac Ó'Gráda, 1995
3
A Sound Atlas of Irish English
Accompanying DVD-ROM contains ... "all sound files ... as well as appropriate software for listening to the recordings.
Raymond Hickey, 2004
4
A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man
Some hints of the techniques Joyce frequently employed in later works, such as stream of consciousness, interior monologue, and references to a character's psychic reality rather than to his external surroundings, are evident throughout ...
James Joyce, 2011
5
The Book of Irish Families, Great & Small
It also has, for the first time, the complete surname index for the entire series. The 27 other books which are indexed in this volume will provide additional information on even more families.
Michael C. O'Laughlin, 2002
6
Montreal's Irish Mafia: The True Story of the Infamous West ...
Their names resonate with organized crime in Montreal: the Matticks, MacAllisters, Johnstons and Griffins, and Peter Dunie Ryan.
D'Arcy O'Connor, 2011
7
An Irish Literature Reader: Poetry, Prose, Drama
Maureen ORourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey 13 centuries of Irish literature, including old Irish epic and lyric poetry, Irish folksongs and a selection of 19th-century prose and poetry.
Maureen O'Rourke Murphy, James MacKillop, 2006
8
Irish Travellers: Racism and the Politics of Culture
Helleiner's study documents anti-Traveller racism in Ireland and explores the ongoing realities of Traveller life as well as the production and reproduction of contemporary Traveller collective identity and culture.
Jane Helleiner, 2003
9
Irish English: History and Present-Day Forms
Presenting a comprehensive survey of Irish English at all levels of linguistics, this book will be invaluable to historical linguists, sociolinguists, syntacticians and phonologists alike.
Raymond Hickey, 2007
10
Irish Potato Famine
Presents the history of Ireland leading up to the famine, key players and happenings during the famine, and the event's effect on society.
Joseph R. O'Neill, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IRISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Irish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Historical Fiction: An Irish writer conjures an American poet, and a …
There can be no better pairing than the great American poet Emily Dickinson recreated through the magical imagination of Irish writer Nuala ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
2
RTÉ sells more than 100 hours of Irish lifestyle TV overseas
The series of licensing deals by RTÉ Global, the content sales and format division of RTÉ Television, cover 13 home-produced Irish titles and ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
3
Putting an accent on new Irish playwriting - IrishCentral.com
If you have been to see any major new Irish plays in Manhattan over the last two and a half decades you'll have noticed that one name pops up ... «IrishCentral, Jul 15»
4
Review: All Over Ireland: New Irish Short Stories, edited by Deirdre …
Introducing The Faber Book of Best New Irish Short Stories 2004-5, 10 years ago, the late David Marcus rejoiced that his contributors had ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
5
The Irish at The Open: Day 2 - RTÉ Sport
Paul Dunne enjoyed another round to remember at St Andrews after carding a second consecutive 69 to move on to six under par for the ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
6
Andover girl finishes 10th in world in Irish dancing (VIDEO) | The …
Annabel was the lone competitor for her team, the Corry Academy of Irish Dancing. She competed in the highest level and placed 10th in the ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
7
Jury's out on the Irish summer, but our planet is clearly warming …
The jury is still considering the Irish summer of 2015. So far we have perhaps seen some of the warmest, driest and wettest summer days on ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
8
Mixed Race Irish: 'We were the dust to be swept away'
But Mixed Race Irish fears that the commission will simply record their stories and catalogue instances of racist abuse without adequately ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
9
Irish Rail have found the lovely teen whose story went viral - here's …
The English teacher also notified Irish Rail by tagging them in the post - who also retweeted the lovely tale in a bid to make the young man ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
10
Irish Water has slow start but flow will improve - The Irish Times
It emerged this week that less than half of the water charge payments due in Irish Water's first billing cycle were paid. The company collected ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

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