Irish–English dictionary

balbhántaíocht

(dated, now, offensive) The state of being mute: that is, of not communicating vocally, whether from selective mutism (refusal to speak) or from an inability to speak.

Balcáin

A cultural region and peninsula in Southeast Europe, roughly equivalent to the area covered by Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, sometimes including Romania, Slovenia, and European Turkey. [19th c.]

Balcánach

Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.

balcánta

(of a person or an animal) Sturdy; solidly built; heavy and compact.

balcóin

(architectural element) An accessible structure extending from a building, especially outside a window.

ball

An object, a member of a group or class.

ball broinne

A mark on the skin formed before birth.

ball d'acadamh

A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts. [from 17th c.]

ball dobhráin

A naevus, a pigmented, slightly raised, and sometimes hairy spot on the skin.

ball fearga

(euphemism) The male genitalia, especially the penis.

ball fo-éadaigh

Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.

ball gorm

A purplish mark on the skin due to leakage of blood from capillaries under the surface that have been damaged by a blow.

balla

To enclose with, or as if with, a wall or walls.

balla dóiteáin

(computer security) The software that monitors traffic in and out of a private network or a personal computer and allows or blocks such traffic depending on its perceived threat.

ballach

Covered in blotches.

ballachlár

A building material comprising a sheet of gypsum sandwiched between two pieces of heavy paper, used mainly for interior walls and ceilings.

ballán

(anatomy) The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted.

ballbhrúigh

(transitive) To strike (a person), originally with something flat or heavy, but now specifically in such a way as to discolour the skin without breaking it; to contuse.

ballnasc

(anatomy) A band of strong tissue that connects bones to other bones.

ballra

The body of members of an organization.

ballraíocht

(math) The fact of being a member of a set.

balsamach

Soothing or fragrant.

balún

An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.

bán

(of a, person) Having blond hair.

bán san aghaidh

Lacking blood; ashen, anaemic.

bán-

Pale or whitish in color; highly luminous and more or less deficient in chroma.

ban-ab

A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. [First attested around 1150 to 1350]

ban-aisteoir

(now, _, rare) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense). [from 16th c.]

bánach

(countable) A person with this hair color.

banadhaltrach

(broadly) One who commits adultery.

bánaí

(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.

bánaigh

(transitive) To reduce the population of a region by disease, war, forced relocation etc.

banaltra

(chiefly, historical) A nurse who takes care of a baby, but does not breastfeed.

banaltra fir

A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

banaltracht

The process or profession of caring for patients as a nurse.

banaoire

(dated) A female shepherd.

banastar

The handrail on the side of a staircase.

Banba

A country in northwestern Europe.

banbh

A young pig.

Banbha

A large island in northwestern Europe.

banbharún

A woman holding a baronial title in her own right; a female ruler of a barony.

bánbhuí

Cream-coloured; having a yellowish white colour.

Bancác

(exonym) The capital city of Thailand.

banchealgaire

A dangerously seductive woman.

banchigire

A person employed to inspect something.

banchúramóir

(chiefly, UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities.

banda

(often, derogatory) Characteristic of a woman; effeminate, feminine. [from 14th c.]

banda coime

A band of fabric encircling the waist, especially a part of a pair of pants or a skirt.

bandach

Marked with bands of colour.

bandacht

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

bandaineon

A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles.

bandán

(heraldiccharge) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to the sinister base; it generally occupies a fifth part of the shield if uncharged, but if charged one third.

bándearg

Having a colour between red and white; pale red.

Bandéithe na Cinniúna

(Greek mythology) Atropos, Clotho, and Lachesis; supernatural beings who controlled the destiny of men and of the gods.

bandraíodóir

A woman, especially an attractive one, skilled at using magic; an alluring witch.

banéarlamh

(religion) A female patron goddess or saint.

baneitleoir

A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.

banfhlaith

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

bánfholtach

(of a, person) Having blond hair.

banfhreastalaí

A female attendant who serves customers in a restaurant, café, or similar.

banghaiscíoch

A tall, strong, athletic woman.

bangharda

(police) A female police officer.

Banglaidéis

A country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.

banlaoch

A female hero.

banmharcas

The wife of a marquess.

banna

A group of musicians who perform together as an ensemble; sometimes, such a group working for a professional recording artist.

bannaí

(countable, uncountable) Security, usually a sum of money, exchanged for the release of an arrested person as a guarantee of that person's appearance for trial.

bánóg

(golf) The area between the tee and the green, where the grass is cut short.

banoidhre

A woman who has a right of inheritance or who stands to inherit.

banóstach

A female host.

banphrióir

A nun in charge of a priory (usually lower in rank than an abbess); mother superior.

banphrionsa

A female member of a royal family other than a queen, especially a daughter or granddaughter of a monarch. [from 14th c.]

banrach

(countable) An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.

banríon

A monarch; the ruler of a country.

bansabhdán

A wife or mistress of a sultan.

bansagart

A woman with religious duties and responsibilities in certain religions.

bansár

(historical) An empress of several Eastern European countries, especially Russia, or the wife of a tsar.

bansealgaire

(literary) A female hunter.

banseiceadóir

(chiefly, legal) A female executor; a woman appointed to execute a will.

banseirbhíseach

A female servant; a maid.

Bantiarna

An aristocratic title for a woman; the wife of a lord and/or a woman who holds the position in her own right; a title for a peeress, the wife of a peer or knight, and the daughters and daughters-in-law of certain peers.

bantiarna talún

A female landlord.

bantracht

Women, taken collectively.

bantréadaí

(dated) A female shepherd.

bánú

The act of depopulating or condition of being depopulated; the destruction or expulsion of inhabitants.

banúil

Of or related to the appearance or behaviour of a well-mannered woman.

banúlacht

The sum of all attributes that are feminine or convey womanhood.

baog

(computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.

baoi

(nautical) A float moored in water to mark a location, warn of danger, indicate a navigational channel or for other purposes

baoth

Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.

baothán

(pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.

baothánta

Obnoxiously stupid; vacantly silly; content in one's foolishness.

baothántacht

Weakness or imbecility of mind; stupidity.

baothchreideamh

A belief or beliefs, not based on human reason or scientific knowledge, that events may be influenced by one's behavior in some magical or mystical way.

bar

A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, slightly less than atmospheric pressure at sea level.

bara

(British) A small vehicle used to carry a load and pulled or pushed by hand.

baracáid

A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence

baraiméadar

An instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure.

barainn

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.

barántúil

Deserving of trust, reliable.

barántúlacht

The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.

Barbadós

An island and country in the Caribbean.

Barbair

(historical) The Mediterranean coastal areas of North Africa that were used as a base by pirates in the 16th to 19th centuries.

barbarach

An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; usually associated with senseless violence and self-harm or other such shows of brute force and lack of mental faculty.

barbartha

of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth

barbarthacht

(uncountable) The state of being barbarous; brutality

Barcelona

The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.

bard

A professional poet and singer, like among the ancient Celts, whose occupation was to compose and sing verses in honor of the heroic achievements of princes and brave men.

barda

(AU, Ireland, NZ, UK) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

barda cathrach

(AU, Ireland, NZ, UK) Any subdivision of a conurbation, not necessarily on the periphery.

barda ospidéil

A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

bardach

A chief administrative officer of a prison.

bardacht

The office or position of one acting as a guardian or conservator, especially in a legal capacity.

bardal

A male duck.

bardas

The governing body of such a district.

bardasach

Of or pertaining to a municipality (a city or a corporation having the right of administering local government).

bardasacht

A district with a government that typically encloses no other governed districts; a borough, city, or incorporated town or village.

barr brutha

(countable) A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.

barr maise a chur ar

(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.

barra

A solid block of more or less pure metal, often but not necessarily bricklike in shape and trapezoidal in cross-section, the result of pouring out and cooling molten metal, often immediately after smelting from raw ore or alloying from constituents.

barra adhlactha

A mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

barra rotha

A small, one-wheeled (or rarely, two-wheeled) cart with handles at one end for transporting small loads.

barraicín

(usually, in the plural) The tip of the toe.

barrbhuí

(of a, person) Having blond hair.

barrchaite

Of cloth, clothing, furnishings, etc.: frayed and worn to an extent that the nap is damaged and the warp and weft threads show; shabby, worn-out.

barrchas

With the hair in ringlets.

barréadrom

(predicative, _, only) Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.

barrfhionn

(of a, person) Having blond hair.

barriall

A long lace for fastening boots.

barrmhian

The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).

barróg a thabhairt dá chéile

(transitive, figurative) To hold fast; to cling to; to cherish.

barrúil

Laughable; ridiculous.

barrúlacht

Comical quality.

Barsalóin

The capital city of Catalonia, Spain.

Barúch

A en given name.

barúil

A vague or fanciful notion; a feeling or hunch; an impression. [from 17th c.]

barúin

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

barún

A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.

básadóir

An official person who carries out the capital punishment of a criminal.

básaigh

(transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.

basalt

(mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, which makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

Bascach

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

Bascais

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

Bascaise

Relating to the Basque people or their language.

Basco

The language of the Basque people.

básmhaireacht

The state of being susceptible to death.

básmhar

Susceptible to death by aging, sickness, injury, or wound; not immortal. [from 14th c.]

bástcóta

(chiefly, British) A sleeveless, collarless garment worn over a shirt and under a suit jacket.

bastún

A clownish, awkward fellow; a bumpkin.

bású

The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.