Irish means belonging or relating to Ireland, or to its people, language, or culture. Irish sometimes refers to the whole of Ireland, and sometimes only to the Republic of Ireland.
...the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic.
...traditional Irish music.
Synonyms: Hibernian, green More Synonyms of Irish
2. plural noun
TheIrish are the people of Ireland, or of the Republic of Ireland.
3. uncountable noun
Irish is a Celtic language spoken in Ireland, especially in the Republic of Ireland.
Irish in British English
(ˈaɪrɪʃ)
adjective
1.
of, relating to, or characteristic of Ireland, its people, their Celtic language, or their dialect of English
2. informal, offensive
ludicrous or illogical
noun
3. the Irish
4. another name for Irish Gaelic
Irish in American English
(ˈaɪrɪʃ)
adjective
1.
of Ireland or its people, language, or culture
noun
2.
the Celtic language spoken in Ireland
3.
the English dialect spoken in Ireland
4. Informal
temper
chiefly in get someone's Irish up, to arouse someone's temper
Idioms:
the Irish
Word origin
ME < OE Īrisc < Īras, the Irish < OIr Eriu, Ireland > Eire
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British English: Irish /ˈaɪrɪʃ/ ADJECTIVE
Irish means belonging or relating to Ireland, or to its people, language, or culture. Irish sometimes refers to the whole of Ireland, and sometimes only to the Republic of Ireland.
...the Prime Minister of the Irish Republic.
American English: Irish
Arabic: إِيرْلَنْدِيٌّ
Brazilian Portuguese: irlandês
Chinese: 爱尔兰的
Croatian: irski
Czech: irský
Danish: irsk
Dutch: Iers
European Spanish: irlandés
Finnish: irlantilainen adjektiivi
French: irlandais
German: irisch
Greek: ιρλανδικός
Italian: irlandese
Japanese: アイルランドの
Korean: 아일랜드의
Norwegian: irsk
Polish: irlandzki
European Portuguese: irlandês
Romanian: irlandez
Russian: ирландский
Latin American Spanish: irlandés
Swedish: irländsk
Thai: เกี่ยวกับไอร์แลนด์
Turkish: İrlanda
Ukrainian: ірландський
Vietnamese: thuộc nước/người/tiếng Ireland
British English: Irish /ˈaɪrɪʃ/ NOUN
Irish is a language spoken in Ireland.
American English: Irish
Arabic: الأيرلندى
Brazilian Portuguese: irlandês
Chinese: 爱尔兰人
Croatian: irski
Czech: irština
Danish: irer
Dutch: Iers
European Spanish: irlandés
Finnish: irlantilainen henkilö tai kieli
French: irlandais
German: Irisch
Greek: Ιρλανδός
Italian: irlandese
Japanese: アイルランド人
Korean: 아일랜드 사람
Norwegian: ire
Polish: język irlandzki
European Portuguese: irlandês
Romanian: irlandeză
Russian: ирландский язык
Latin American Spanish: irlandés
Swedish: irländska
Thai: ภาษาไอร์แลนด์
Turkish: İrlandaca
Ukrainian: ірландська мова
Vietnamese: tiếng Ireland
All related terms of 'Irish'
Irish elk
an extinct Eurasian giant deer of the Pleistocene genus Megaloceros, which had antlers up to 4 metres across
Irish Sea
an arm of the North Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and Ireland
Old Irish
the Celtic language of Ireland up to about 900 ad , introduced to Scotland by Irish settlers about 500 ad
the Irish
the natives or inhabitants of Ireland
Anglo-Irish
the English language as spoken in Ireland
Irish bull
a ludicrously illogical statement
Irish moss
→ carrageen
Irish pipes
bagpipes developed in Ireland and operated by squeezing bellows under the arm
Irish stew
a white stew made of mutton , lamb , or beef , with potatoes , onions , etc
Scots-Irish
→ Scotch-Irish
Irish coffee
hot coffee mixed with Irish whiskey and topped with double cream
Irish Gaelic
the Goidelic language of the Celts of Ireland , now spoken mainly along the west coast ; an official language of the Republic of Ireland since 1921
Irish potato
the common white potato : so called because extensively cultivated in Ireland
Irish setter
a breed of setter developed in Ireland , having a flat soft brownish-red coat
Irish terrier
a breed of terrier with a wiry wheaten or reddish coat
Irish whiskey
any of the whiskeys made in Ireland , usually from malt and subject to three distillations
Middle Irish
Irish Gaelic from about 1100 to about 1500
Scotch-Irish
If someone, especially an American , is Scotch-Irish , they are descended from both Scottish and Irish people, especially from Scottish people who had settled in Northern Ireland.
Irish Republic
an island off NW Europe: separated from Great Britain by the North Channel , the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel; contains large areas of peat bog , with mountains that rise over 900 m (3000 ft) in the southwest and several large lakes . It was conquered by England in the 16th and early 17th centuries and ruled as a dependency until 1801, when it was united with Great Britain until its division in 1921 into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland
Irish wolfhound
a very large breed of hound with a rough thick coat
Northern Irish
from or characteristic of Northern Ireland
Irish Free State
→ Ireland (the republic )
the Anglo-Irish
the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
the Northern Irish
the people who live in or come from Northern Ireland
the Scotch-Irish
people of Scotch-Irish descent
Irish Republican Army
a militant organization of Irish nationalists founded with the aim of striving for a united independent Ireland by means of guerrilla warfare
Irish water spaniel
a breed of dog used to hunt duck and having a dense coat of a purplish-liver colour that falls in tight ringlets covering the whole body except for the face and tail
Gaelic coffee
hot coffee mixed with Irish whiskey and topped with double cream
red setter
a breed of setter developed in Ireland , having a flat soft brownish-red coat
British and Irish Lions
a touring rugby union side composed of players invited from England, Scotland , Wales , and Ireland
bull
A bull is a male animal of the cow family.
carrageen
an edible red seaweed , Chondrus crispus, of North America and N Europe
potato
Potatoes are quite round vegetables with brown or red skins and white insides . They grow under the ground .
pratie
a potato
tatie
a potato
tattie
a solanaceous plant, Solanum tuberosum, of South America: widely cultivated for its edible tubers
non-
Non- is used in front of adjectives and nouns to form adjectives that describe something as not having a particular quality or feature .