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Meaning of Irish | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈaɪɹɪʃ

Definitions

  1. The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
  2. A board game of the tables family.
  3. The Irish people.
  4. Temper; anger, passion.
  5. A surname originating as an ethnonym.
  6. Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.
  7. A female given name of chiefly Philippine usage.

Equivalents

Afrikaans Iere Iers
Azərbaycanca irland
Bosanski irski ирски
Čeština Ir Irka irský irština
Dansk irsk
Ελληνικά ιρλανδικά
Esperanto irlanda irlandlingva
Eesti Iiri
فارسی ایرلندی
Gàidhlig Éireannach
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻIlelani
עברית אירית
Hrvatski irski ирски
Magyar ír
Հայերեն իռլանդերեն
Bahasa Indonesia Irlandia
Íslenska írska írskur
Italiano gaelico irlandese
ខ្មែរ អៀរឡង់
Kurdî îr Îrlanda
ລາວ ອຽກລັງ
Lietuvių airiškas airių
Latviešu īriete īrisks īrs īru īru valoda
Македонски Ирец Ирка ирски
Bahasa Melayu Ireland
Malti Irlandiż
မြန်မာဘာသာ အိုင်ယာလန်
Nederlands Iers
Română irlandez irlandeză
Slovenčina Ír
Slovenščina Irec irščina irski
Српски irski ирски
Tagalog Irlandes
Türkçe İrlanda İrlandaca
اردو آئرستانی
Oʻzbekcha irland
Tiếng Việt Ái Nhĩ Lan

Examples

“Irish is the first official and national language of Ireland.”
“Many Irish are actually darkhaired as a result of the many invaders and migrants over the centuries.”
“America used to love dams... Yes, and we built those dams with ingenuity and brawn and, of course, piles and piles of dead Irish.”
“But her Irish was up too high to do any thing with her, and so I quit trying.”
“Whenever he got his Irish up, Clancy lowered the boom.”
“The Priest is as fierce a fighter as I am when he gets his Irish up.”
“Harris said he'd had enough oratory for one night, and proposed that we should go out and have a smile, saying that he had found a place, round by the square, where you could really get a drop of Irish worth drinking.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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