Irish–English dictionary

bórásach

Relating to, or impregnated with borax.

borb

Rudely abrupt; curt, unfriendly.

bord

An item of furniture with a flat top surface raised above the ground, usually on one or more legs.

bord cois leapa

(US) A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed.

bord éadain

(US) A small table or cabinet, often with one or more drawers or shelves, placed beside the head of a bed.

borgaire

(informal) A hamburger.

borógach

Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.

borra

(obsolete, _, except in scientific use and in some dialects) A castrated boar.

borrach

Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.

borrachas

The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.

borradh

(mechanics) The support about which a lever pivots.

borradh trádála

(economics, business) A period of prosperity, growth, progress, or high market activity.

borrchas

Abundant in growth or detail.

borróg

A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.

borrphusach

(often, derogatory) silent and withdrawn after being upset

borrtha

Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

borrthacht

The state or quality of being turgid.

borrúil

Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement.

borrúlacht

(uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative.

bos

The inner and somewhat concave part of the human hand or other primate hand that extends from the wrist to the bases of the fingers.

bósan

(nautical) The officer (or warrant officer) in charge of sails, rigging, anchors, cables etc. and all work on deck of a sailing ship.

bosca

(uncountable) The hard, close-grained wood of this tree, used in delicate woodwork and in making inlays.

bosca cipíní

A small cardboard box in which matches are kept.

bosca éistigh

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.

bosca faoistine

(Roman Catholicism) A small room where confession—the Sacrament of Penance—is performed in private with a priest.

bosca gainimh

(wiki) A page on a wiki where users are free to experiment without destroying or damaging any legitimate content.

bosca litreacha

A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

bosca poist

A collection point for mail intended for onward delivery, a secure box or receptacle for this purpose.

bosca uirlisí

A storage case for tools.

boscáil

(ambitransitive) To put in a random order.

boschrann

An object so suspended inside a bell that it may hit the bell and cause it to ring; a clanger or tongue.

Bostún

An unincorporated community in Missouri; named for the city in Massachusetts.

botalas

(pathology) Poisoning caused by the toxin from Clostridium botulinum, an anaerobic bacterium that grows in improperly prepared food.

both

A small stall for the display and sale of goods.

bothán

A boxlike room or enclosure just big enough to accommodate one standing person, such as a phone booth or polling booth.

bóthar

A way used for travelling between places, originally one wide enough to allow foot passengers and horses to travel, now (US) usually one surfaced with asphalt or concrete and designed to accommodate many vehicles travelling in both directions. In the UK both senses are heard: a country road is the same as a country lane. [from 16th c.]

bóthar dola

(chiefly, US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.

bóthar paidhce

(chiefly, US) A toll road, especially a toll expressway.

Botsuáin

The Republic of Botswana, since 1966.

botún

(countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.

botún cló

A typographical error. [from late 19th c.]

brá

A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

brabach

An advantage; help or aid from something.

brabús

(accounting, economics) Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and services sold at an advertised price.

brabúsaí

One who exploits.

brac

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

bráca

A device consisting of a heavy framework having several disks or teeth in a row, which is dragged across ploughed land to smooth or break up the soil, to remove weeds or cover seeds; a harrow plow.

brach

(uncountable) Rheum, crusty or gummy discharge found in the corner of the eyes after waking, whether real or a figurative objectification of sleep (in the sense of reduced consciousness).

brachán coirce

A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

brachán lom

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

brachán mine coirce

A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.

brachán réidh

A thin, watery porridge, formerly eaten primarily by the poor and the ill.

bradach

Illegally produced, transported or sold; pirated.

bradaíl

The action of theft.

bradaíl a dhéanamh

(ambitransitive) To use, and pass off as one's own, someone else's writing, speech, ideas, or other intellectual or creative work, especially in an academic context; to commit plagiarism.

bradaíocht siopa

(uncountable) The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business.

brádán

Light rain.

bradán fearna

Any marine or freshwater fish of the family Acipenseridae that are prized for their roe and are endemic to temperate seas and rivers of the northern hemisphere, especially central Eurasia.

bragaire

Someone who constantly brags or boasts. [from late 16th c.]

braich

Malted grain (sprouted grain) (usually barley), used in brewing and otherwise.

braichlis

(brewing, distilling) Also worts: a liquid extracted from mash (ground malt or some other grain soaked in hot water), which is then fermented to make beer, or fermented and distilled to make a malt liquor such as whisky.

bráidín

An item of clothing for people (especially babies) tied around their neck to protect their clothes from getting dirty when eating.

braigeáil

(intransitive, often with of) To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, is able to do, or has done; often as an attempt to popularize oneself.

braighdeanach

One who has been captured or is otherwise confined.

braighdeanas

A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.

braille

A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three or four rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.

braine

(nautical) The front part of a vessel.

braise

The characteristic of being brash.

braisle

A cluster or lump; an unshaped piece or mass.

bráisléad

A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament.

bráisléad brád

(jewelry) An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.

bráisléad murnáin

A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.

braisligh

To collect (animals, people, objects, data points, etc) into clusters (noun sense 1).

braistint

Conscious understanding of something.

braiteach

Attentive; awake; on guard.

braiteoir

A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.

braith

(intransitive, followed by on or upon, formerly also by of like independent does) To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition

bráithreachas

An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.

bráithriúil

Of or characteristic of brothers.

bráithriúlacht

the characteristic of being brotherly

Bráma

(Hindu god) Hindu god (deva) of creation and one of the Trimurti, the others being Vishnu and Shiva.

Bráman

(Hinduism) The unchanging, infinite, immanent, and transcendent reality which is the Divine Ground of all matter, energy, time, space, being, and everything beyond in this Universe. The nature of Brahman is described as transpersonal, personal and impersonal by different philosophical schools.

bran

The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain.

branar

Land that has been or is meant to be ploughed.

brannóg

A small freshwater fish, Gobio gobio, that is native to Eurasia.

branra

(countable) Any object designed to be used to support something else.

branra brád

(skeleton) The collarbone; the prominent bone at the top of the chest between the shoulder and the neck connecting the shoulder and the breastbone.

braon

A drop of a liquid.

Brasaíl

A large Portuguese-speaking country in South America. Official name: Federative Republic of Brazil. Capital: Brasília.

Brasaíleach

Of, from, or pertaining to Brazil, or the Brazilian people.

brat

(countable) A covering of material, such as paint.

brat allais

(countable, uncountable) Foam from profuse sweating, as of a horse.

brat altóra

Any of the special articles of clothing worn by members of the clergy etc., especially a garment worn at the celebration of the Eucharist.

brat boird

A cloth used to cover and protect a table, especially for a dining table.

brat brád

A scarf that is worn looped or tied around the neck.

brat bróin

A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.

brat cinn

(dated) A piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana.

brat deataigh

Smoke used as a disguise, mask or cover, as of troops in battle.

brat reatha

A long, narrow carpet for a high-traffic area such as a hall or stairs.

bratach

(internet slang, ACG) An indication that a certain outcome or event is going to happen, deduced not logically or causally, but as a pattern in a piece of media. Chiefly used in video games and adjacent media, especially visual novels, it is typically described as being raised or set by the plot or words of a character.

bratach chomharthaí

(nautical, often used attributively) A signal flag.

brataigh

(transitive) To hide or cover up, as if with plaster; to cover thickly.

bratainn

A flag normally used by naval vessels to represent a special condition.

brathadóir

A device capable of registering a specific substance or physical phenomenon, and that optionally sounds an alarm or triggers a warning.

brathadóireacht

The act or process of detecting, uncovering, or finding out, the discovery of something new, hidden, or disguised.

bráthair

A male fellow member of a religious community, church, trades union etc.

bráthairse

the characteristic of being brotherly

bráthartha

Of or pertaining to a brother or brothers.

bratlong

(nautical, military) The ship occupied by the fleet's commander (usually an admiral); it denotes this by flying his flag.

Bré

A coastal town in County Wicklow, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 2617).

breá

Affording pleasure to any of the senses, especially that of hearing; delightful. [from 1860s]

breabhsaire

Someone who or something that moves.

breabhsánta

(dated) Sound, entire, healthy; robust, not impaired.

breac

(no comparative or superlative) Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants).

breacadh an lae

(intransitive, figurative) To begin to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand.

breacaire

Someone who carves; an artist who produces carvings.

breacán

A finch, Fringilla montifringilla of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump.

breacshaolach

Lasting for a short period of time.

bréag

An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

bréag-

Spurious, artificial.

bréagach

Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.

bréagadóir

A person who frequently lies; someone who tells a lie.

bréagaisnéis

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

bréagán

Something to play with, especially as intended for use by a child. [from 16th c.]

bréagchéadfa

A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens.

bréagchrábhadh

The practice of engaging in the same behaviour or activity for which one criticises another; moral self-contradiction whereby the behavior of one or more people belies their own claimed or implied possession of certain beliefs, standards or virtues.

bréagchráifeach

Making a show of being morally better than others, especially hypocritically pious.

bréagchuil

(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.

bréageolas

False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation.

bréagfholt

A head of real or synthetic hair worn on the head to disguise baldness, for cultural or religious reasons, for fashion, or by actors to help them better resemble the character they are portraying.

bréagnaigh

To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it.

bréagnaitheach

That contradicts something, such as an argument.

bréagnú

(countable, uncountable) The act of contradicting.

breáichte

(uncountable) The quality of being (especially visually) attractive, pleasing, fine or good-looking; comeliness.

breall

A small flaw which spoils the appearance of something, a stain, a spot.

breallaireacht

(uncountable) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.

breallántacht

(uncountable) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.

brealsúnacht

(uncountable) That which is perceived as silly or frivolous.

bréan

(informal, idiomatic) Frustrated, annoyed, or tired, to the limit of one's endurance, especially by something that one has experienced for too long. [with with or (British English) of]

bréan (de)

Tired of or annoyed by something [with of].

Bréanainn

A en given name.

Breandán

A en given name.

Breanndán

A en given name.

bréantas

a strong foul smell; a stink.

Breatain Bheag

One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

breáthaigh

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

breáthán

An element of decoration; that which embellishes or adorns.

Breatimeacht

(UK politics) Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

Breatnach

Of or pertaining to the Celtic language of Wales. [from 16thc.]

Breatnais

(uncountable) The Welsh language. [from 10th c.]