Irish–English dictionary

cothaigh

(transitive, intransitive) To feed (a baby) milk via the breasts; to suckle; to nurse.

cothaitheacht

(pathology) The state of being obese.

cothrom

(rare, and, regional, chiefly, in the past tense) Used to link two noun clauses: a day of the week, recurring date, month, or other specific time (on which the event of the main clause took place) and a period of time indicating how long ago that day was. [from 15th c.]

cothrom an lae

A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.

cothromaíocht

The condition of a system in which competing influences are balanced, resulting in no net change.

cothromán

A horizontal component of a structure.

cothrománach

Perpendicular to the vertical; parallel to the plane of the horizon; level, flat.

cothromas

Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".

cothromasach

Marked by or having equity.

cothromóid

(mathematics) An assertion that two expressions are equal, expressed by writing the two expressions separated by an equal sign; in mathematical problems, equations describe various essential aspects of the problem, each of which contributes to the resolution of the problem in part.

cotúil

Reserved; disinclined to familiar approach.

crá

Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.

crá croí

Emotional distress or pain, often caused by a loved one or their absence.

crábhadh

(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.

cráca

(Norse mythology) A colossal sea monster that attacks ships and sailors, often portrayed as a giant octopus or squid.

crácamas

Exhausting, menial, and tedious work.

Cracó

A city on the Vistula River, the capital of the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland and the former capital (until 1596) of Poland as a whole.

cradhscalach

Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.

craein

A mechanical lifting machine or device, often used for lifting heavy loads for industrial or construction purposes.

crág

A foot equipped with such.

crágán

(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.

craic

(Ireland) Often preceded by the: amusement, fun, especially through enjoyable company; also, pleasant conversation. [from late 20th c.]

craiceáilte

Ludicrously or incongruously comical.

craiceann

(uncountable) The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.

craiceann an chinn

The part of the head where the hair grows from, or used to grow from.

craiceann béir

(countable, uncountable) The pelt of a bear, especially when used as a rug.

craiceann fiaghabhair

A type of soft leather, made from calfskin, with a brushed texture to resemble fabric, often used to make boots, clothing and fashion accessories.

craiceann muice

Leather made from the skin of a pig.

cráifeach

Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; pious; extremely religious; godly.

cráifeacht

(uncountable) Religious veneration, zeal, or piety.

cráigh

(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.

cráiniach

(anatomy) Of or relating to the cranium, or to the skull.

crainn leagtha

(North America) Wood sawn into planks or otherwise prepared for sale or use, especially as a building material. [from 17th c.]

Craíoch

An aboriginal nation of North America.

Craís

The Algonquian language or dialect continuum spoken by this people.

cráitéar

(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]

cráitéar bolcáin

(geology) The basin-like opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a geyser, about which a cone of silica is often built up. [from 1610s]

cráiteoir

One who teases.

crangaid

A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.

crann abhacád

The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.

crann acaicia

(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

crann aibreoige

The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca.

crann almóinní

(countable) The tree that produces almonds.

crann bananaí

The tropical tree-like plant which bears clusters of bananas, a plant of the genus Musa (but sometimes also including plants from Ensete), which has large, elongated leaves. [from 1697]

crann brataí

A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown.

crann cainche

(countable) The deciduous tree bearing such fruit, native to Asia.

crann citris

Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.

crann cnó peacáin

A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.

crann cócó

A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.

crann creathach

A poplar tree, especially of section Populus sect. Populus, of medium-size trees with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.

crann cuilinn

Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.

crann dátphlumaí

The orange fruit of any of various species of trees in the genus Diospyros, especially Diospyros kaki (the kaki or Japanese persimmon) or Diospyros virginiana (the wild American persimmon), which is sweet when ripe and astringent when immature.

crann fearsaide

A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.

crann feorais

Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.

crann figí

A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics. [from 14th c.]

crann fuipe

An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding.

crann gallchnó

A hardwood tree of the genus Juglans.

crann iúir

(countable, by extension) Any tree or shrub of the genus Taxus.

crann líomaí

Any of the trees that bear limes, especially Key lime, Citrus aurantiifolia.

crann maoildeirge

(countable) The fruit of this tree.

crann óg

A young tree, larger than a seedling.

crann oráistí

(countable) An evergreen tree of the genus Citrus such as Citrus sinensis which yields oranges (the fruit).

crann plumaí

The fruit and its tree.

crann pomagránaite

The shrub or small tree that bears the fruit.

crann scóide

(sailing) A spar extending the foot of a sail; a spar rigged outboard from a ship's side to which boats are secured in harbour.

crann seacthorthaí

The large fruit from this tree.

crann silíní

The wood of a cherry tree.

crann síorghlas

A shrub or tree that does not shed its leaves or needles seasonally.

crann snámha

(nautical) A canoe made from a hollowed-out log.

crann solais

A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.

crann tabhaill

(chiefly, American, AU, Philippines) A Y-shaped stick with an elastic sling between the arms used for shooting small projectiles.

crann taca

(figurative) A protector of the people; a public figure who appeals to and on behalf of the people through oratory.

crannach

Living in or among trees.

cranndaí bogadaí

A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

cranneolaíocht

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit; forestry.

crannmhar

Wooded, or covered in forest.

crannóg

An artificial island, used in prehistoric and medieval times in Scotland and Ireland for dwelling.

cranra

The whorl left in lumber by the base of a branch growing out of the tree's trunk.

cranrach

(literal) Having calluses, or relating to calluses.

cranraithe

Full of knots; knotty.

craobh

The woody part of a tree arising from the trunk and usually dividing.

craobh eolais

A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions.

craobh-abhainn

(hydrology) A natural water stream that flows into a larger river or other body of water.

craobhach

Having branches, or specific kinds of branches.

craobhóg

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

craobhscaoil

(transitive) To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.

craoibhín

Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.

craol

(transitive) To transmit a message or signal through radio waves or electronic means.

craolachán

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

craoladh

A transmission of a radio or television programme intended to be received by anyone with a receiver.

craoladh spóirt

The part of a news program reporting on sports and athletics.

craorag

Of a deep vivid red color.

craos

The vice of eating to excess.

craos foirnéise

The part of a chimney between the gathering, or portion of the funnel which contracts in ascending, and the flue.

craosaire

One who eats voraciously, obsessively, or to excess; a gormandizer.

cré

A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

creabhar

A medium-small wading bird, (Scolopax rusticola)

creach

(transitive) To plunder; to pillage; take spoil from.

creachadóir

Someone who moves about in roving fashion looking for plunder.

créachta

(pathology) An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it causes tubercles characterized by the expectoration of mucus and sputum, fever, weight loss, and chest pain, and transmitted through inhalation or ingestion of bacteria. [from 1839]

créafóg

(uncountable) Soil.

creagach

Characterized by rugged, sharp, or coarse features.

créam

(transitive) To incinerate a dead body (as an alternative to burial).

créamadh

A burning; especially the act or practice of cremating the dead, burning a corpse.

créasóid

A similar brown liquid obtained from coal tar used as a wood preservative.

Créatach

Of or relating to Crete or its inhabitants.

creathán

(music) A rapid repetition of the same note, or an alternation between two or more notes. It can also be intended to mean a rapid and repetitive variation in pitch for the duration of a note. It is notated by a strong diagonal bar across the note stem, or a detached bar for a set of notes (or stemless notes).

creathnaigh

(intransitive) To make a sudden, involuntary movement in response to a (usually negative) stimulus; to cringe; to blench.

creatlach

(anatomy) The system that provides support to an organism, internal and made up of bones and cartilage in vertebrates, external in some other animals.

créatúr

A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.

Créicis

The Muskogean language of the Creek tribe.

creid

(intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.

creideamh

(uncountable) Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

creidiúnacht

(legal) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

creidmheach

A person who believes; especially regarding religion.

creidmheas

(uncountable, law, business, finance) A privilege of delayed payment extended to a buyer or borrower on the seller's or lender's belief that what is given will be repaid.

creig

(Northern England) A rocky outcrop; a rugged steep cliff or rock.

Creimil

The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

creimire

A mammal of the order Rodentia, characterized by long incisors that grow continuously and are worn down by gnawing.

Créit

An island in the Mediterranean, and the largest in Greece.

creitín

(medicine, archaic) A person who fails to develop mentally and physically due to a congenital hypothyroidism. [from 1779]

créthulach adhlactha

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

criadóir

One who makes pots and other ceramic wares.

criadóireacht

The art or science of making ceramic objects.

criaga

Made of material produced by the high-temperature firing of inorganic, nonmetallic rocks and minerals.

crián

A stick of colored chalk or wax used for drawing.

crián cointé

(art) A drawing medium, usually square in cross-section, composed of compressed powdered charcoal or graphite mixed with a clay or wax base. [from mid 19th c.]

criathar

A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing gasses, liquids and finer particles to pass.

criathradóir

A tool for sifting, especially one for powdered cooking ingredients.

crill

Any of several small marine crustacean species of plankton in the order Euphausiacea in the class Malacostraca.

Críoch Lochlann

A geographic region of Northern Europe, consisting of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden collectively and sometimes Finland, Iceland, Åland and the Faroe Islands.

críochnaigh

(transitive) To put an end to; to destroy.

críochnúil

(figuratively) Precise or very accurate.

criogar

An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.

crióigineach

Of, relating to, or performed at low temperatures.

críonna

Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd.

críonnacht

The ability to make wise choices or decisions.

crioptón

(uncountable) The chemical element (symbol Kr) with an atomic number of 36. It is a colourless, odourless noble gas that only reacts with fluorine. It is one of the rarest gases in the Earth's atmosphere.

crios

(usually, capitalized) A geographical region known for a particular product, feature or demographic (Corn Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Green Belt).

criosantamam

Any of many flowering perennial plants, of the genus Chrysanthemum, native to China, that have showy radiate heads.

crioslaigh

(transitive) To surround with a wall, fence, etc.

Críost

(Christianity) A title given to Jesus of Nazareth, seen as the fulfiller of the messianic prophecy.

Críostaí

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

Críostaíocht

The Christian world; Christ's Church on Earth. [from 14th c.]

criostalach

Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

criostalta

Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.

Críostúil

(not comparable) Of, like or relating to Christianity or Christians.

Críostúlacht

An Abrahamic religion originating from the community of the followers of Jesus Christ.

cripteagrafaíocht

The discipline concerned with communication security (eg, confidentiality of messages, integrity of messages, sender authentication, non-repudiation of messages, and many other related issues), regardless of the used medium such as pencil and paper or computers.

crith

(medicine) A rhythmic, uncontrollable shaking of all or part of the body due to partial muscle contractions.