Irish–English dictionary

cón

(topology) A space formed by taking the direct product of a given space with a closed interval and identifying all of one end to a point.

cónaí

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.

cónaidhm

A union or alliance of states or political organizations.

cónaidhme

Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.

cónaidhmeach

Pertaining to a league or treaty; derived from an agreement or covenant between parties, especially between nations.

cónaidhmeacht

A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.

cónaigh

(intransitive, now, _, literary) To live; to reside.

conair

(anatomy, botany) A tubular channel within the body or within a plant.

conairt

(UK, collective) The dogs kept at such a facility; a pack of hounds.

conamar

The internal organs of an animal (entrails or innards), used as food.

Conán

A en given name.

conas

(interrogative) To what degree or extent.

cónascadh

The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.

conbhua

(nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.

concas

An act or instance of achieving victory through combat; the subjugation of an enemy.

cónchill

(anatomy) Any of the small cone-shaped structures in the retina.

Conchobhar

A en given name.

conchró

A house or shelter for a dog.

conchró coinneála

A facility at which dogs are reared or boarded.

Conchúr

A en given name.

conduchtaire

(physics) Something that can transmit electricity, heat, light, or sound.

confach

Of or pertaining to bad temper; showing anger easily or customarily.

confadh

(disease) An infectious disease caused by species of Lyssavirus that causes acute encephalitis in warm-blooded animals and people, characterised by abnormal behaviour such as biting, excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, followed by paralysis and death.

Confúicias

An influential Chinese philosopher who lived 551 B.C.E. – 479 B.C.E.; personal name Kong Qiu (孔丘).

cóngarach

(by extension) Of speech or style: brief, concise, to the point.

cóngarach duit féin

Holding one's own self-interest as the standard for decision making.

connadh

Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.

cónocht

One of two times in the year (one in March and the other in September) when the length of the day and the night are equal, which occurs when the sun is directly overhead at the equator; this marks the beginning of spring in one hemisphere and autumn in the other.

cónra

A closed box in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial.

conradh

(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.

conraigh

(intransitive) To make an agreement or contract; to covenant.

conriocht

(mythology) A person who is transformed or can transform into a wolf or a wolflike human, often said to do so during a full moon.

consaeit

(uncountable) Overly high self-esteem; vain pride; hubris. [from 17th c.]

consaeitiúil

Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

consairtín

A musical instrument, like the various accordions, that is a member of the free-reed family of musical instruments, typically having buttons on both ends.

consal

(by extension) An official residing in major foreign towns to represent and protect the interests of the merchants and citizens of their country.

consan

(phonetics) A sound that results from the passage of air through restrictions of the oral cavity; any sound that is not the dominant sound of a syllable, the dominant sound generally being a vowel.

consan rollta

(phonetics) A type of consonantal sound that is produced by vibrations of the tongue against the place of articulation: for example, Spanish ⟨rr⟩, /r/.

conslaod

(archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.

conspóideach

Prone to argue or dispute.

constábla

(UK, law) A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.

constaic

(figuratively) An obstacle, real or perceived, physical or abstract.

Constaintín

A en given name.

contae

(historical) The land ruled by a count or a countess.

Contae an Chláir

A city mostly in Clare County, Michigan; after its county and County Clare.

Contae an Dúin

One of the six traditional counties of Northern Ireland, usually known as County Down.

Contae Átha Cliath

A traditional county of Ireland, now divided into the City of Dublin and three counties; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin.

Contae Chiarraí

A county of Ireland. County seat: Tralee.

Contae Chorcaí

A county in the Republic of Ireland (County Cork).

Contae Dhoire

One of the traditional counties in northwestern Northern Ireland; known as County Derry, or officially as County Londonderry.

Contae Luimnigh

A county of Ireland.

Contae Mhaigh Eo

A county of Ireland.

Contae na Gaillimhe

A city in County Galway, Ireland.

Contae Phort Láirge

The name of several places in the United States:

contrártha

Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.

contráth

Twilight, as at early morning (dawn) or (especially) early evening; dusk.

contúirteach

Full of danger.

cónúil

(geometry) Of or relating to a cone or cones.

copar

(uncountable) A reddish-brown, malleable, ductile metallic element with high electrical and thermal conductivity, symbol Cu, and atomic number 29.

copóg

Any of the genus Rumex of coarse weedy plants with small green flowers related to buckwheat, especially bitter dock (Rumex obtusifolius), and used as potherbs and in folk medicine, especially in curing nettle rash.

copóg thuathail

Any of the species of biennial thistles in the genus Arctium.

cór

A group of people who sing together; a company of people who are trained to sing together.

Cór an Curadhí

An ancient group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in Amesbury parish, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU1242).

cor bealaigh

A diversion or deviation from one's original route.

cor cainte

A manner of speaking, a mode of expression peculiar to a language, language family, or group of people.

cor coise a thabhairt

(transitive, obsolete) To detect in a misstep; to catch; to convict.

cora

An adjustable dam placed across a river to regulate the flow of water downstream.

córach

Of a person: attractive or pleasing to look at; beautiful, handsome; also, attractive but not particularly beautiful or handsome.

Coraint

A port city in Greece.

coraintín

A period, instance, or state of isolation from the general public or from native livestock and flora enacted to prevent the spread of any contagious disease.

coraíocht

A token; a symbol; a pledge.

coráiste

(uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.

córam

The minimum number of members required for a group to officially conduct business and to cast votes, often but not necessarily a majority or supermajority.

Corantaigh

(biblical) Either of the two books in the New Testament of the Bible that are written as epistles to the people of Corinth and which are attributed to Paul the Apostle, Sosthenes and Timothy.

córas

A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole. [from early 17th c.]

córas oibriúcháin

(computing, software) Software that is designed for controlling the allocation and the use of various hardware resources to tasks and remote terminals.

corc

A bottle stopper made from this or any other material.

corcach

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)

Corcaigh

The principal city of County Cork, Ireland.

corcairdhearg

Having a deep red colour.

corcairghorm

Of a violet colour.

corcán

A vessel used for brewing or serving drinks: a coffeepot or teapot.

corcán tae

A vessel for brewing and serving tea, typically with a handle and spout.

corcraigh

(transitive) To draw blood from (one's opponent) in a fight.

corcscriú

An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.

corda

(music) A harmonic set of three or more notes that is heard as if sounding simultaneously.

Cordastáin

A cultural region in West Asia inhabited mostly by the Kurds, encompassing parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria.

Corfú

An island of Greece, one of the Ionian Islands. The ancient name is Corcyra (Κόρκῡρα, more often Κέρκῡρα), in Modern Greek Kérkira (Κέρκυρα).

córlann

The space around the altar in a church, often enclosed, for use by the clergy and the choir. In medieval cathedrals the chancel was usually enclosed or blocked off from the nave by an altar screen.

corn

(chiefly, _, historical) A drinking vessel fashioned from an animal's horn.

corn na flúirse

(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.

cornchlár

(furniture) A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food.

cornfhoiche

A large wasp, of the genus Vespa, having a brown-and-yellow-striped body and the ability to inflict a serious sting.

Coróin Mhuire

(by extension) A series or collection of thoughts, literary pieces, etc. intended for similar contemplation.

corónach

(anatomy) Encircling something (like a crown), especially with regard to the arteries or veins of the heart.

corónú

(specifically, also, attributively) An act or the ceremony of formally investing a sovereign or the sovereign's consort with a crown and other insignia of royalty, on or shortly after their accession to the sovereignty.

corp

A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass. [from 16th c.]

corp na heaglaise

(architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.

corpán

The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.

corpartha

Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world. [from 16th c.]

corpoideachas

Physical education class (PE class).

corr

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

corr bhán

A large wading bird with long legs and a long beak of the order Ciconiiformes and its family Ciconiidae.

corr mhóna

Any bird of the family Gruidae, large birds with long legs and a long neck which is extended during flight.

corr uaine

(especially, UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.

corrach

An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen.)

corraí

A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to yell, say curse words, and/or physically harm or cause damage or destruction to things or attack or assault living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, or unfair or unjust treatment, or a situation not going the way one had desired or planned.

corraigh

(transitive) To disturb the relative position of the particles (of a liquid or similar) by passing an object through it.

corraíl

A state of agitation or of turbulent change.

corraitheach

Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.

corrán

(geometry) A concave figure formed by the intersection of the arcs of two circles on a plane, or on a sphere the intersection between two great semicircles.

corrlach

(finance) The yield or profit; the selling price minus the cost of production.

corrmhíol

Any small insect of the order Diptera, specifically within the suborder Nematocera.

corróg

(slang, possibly, dated) A drug addict, especially someone addicted to a narcotic like heroin.

corrthónach

(intransitive) To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.

Corsacach

Of, from or relating to Corsica, France or the Corsican language.

Corsaic

An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.

Corsaicis

The language of the Corsican people.

córtasach

Generally warm, approachable and easy to relate with in character.

cos a chur i dtaca

(figuratively) To stop doing something, to become reluctant to proceed with an activity.

cos ar bolg

The exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner.

cos croise

Either of two poles with footrests that allow someone to stand or walk above the ground; used mostly by entertainers.

cos taca

A tall pillar or post used to support some structure; often above water.

cosain

(transitive, ditransitive) To incur a charge of; to require payment of a (specified) price.

cosaint

The action of defending or protecting from attack, danger, or injury.

cosair chró

(countable) A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.

cosantachas

(politics, economics) A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.

cosantóir

(legal) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to make satisfaction for a wrong complained of by another.

cosc

(transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.

coscrach

Causing physical or mental agony.

cosmagrafaíocht

The creation of maps of the universe.

cosmeolaíoch

Of or pertaining to cosmology, or to the overall structure of the universe.

cosnochta

Wearing nothing on the feet.

cost-éifeachtúil

Returning a benefit that justifies the initial investment; economical.

cósta

The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. [from 14th c.]

costas

The amount of money levied for a service.

costasach

Of high cost; expensive.

costasúil

Of high cost; expensive.

cosúil

Similar.

cosúil le chéile

Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference.

cosúlacht

The quality or state of resembling.

cóta

(countable, clothing) An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.

cóta báistí

A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.

cóta fearthainne

A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.

cóta mór

A heavy overcoat.

cóta uiscedhíonach

A waterproof long coat made of rubberized cloth.

cotadh

The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

coth-

(of adjectives from adjectives, with a diminutive force) Somewhat, rather.

cothabháil

Something that provides support or nourishment.

cothabhálach

That provides nourishment; nutritious.